| VERB | social | bumble, botch, bodge, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up | make a mess of, destroy or ruin |
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| motion | bumble, stumble, falter | walk unsteadily | |
| communication | bumble, stutter, stammer, falter | speak haltingly |
| Sounds | bah'mbahl | |
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| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | make a mess of, destroy or ruin. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | botch, bodge, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up | |
| Broader | fail, go wrong, miscarry | Be unsuccessful |
| Spanish | apelotonar, arruinar, cagarla, chapucear, estropear, joderla, pifiar | |
| Catalan | arruïnar, cagar-la, esguerrar, espatllar, espifiar, fer barroerament, fotre | |
| Nouns | bumbler | someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence |
| Meaning | walk unsteadily. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | Sam and Sue bumble | |
| Synonyms | stumble, falter | |
| Broader | walk | Use one's feet to advance |
| Spanish | titubear, trastabillar, tropezar | |
| Catalan | ensopegar, entrebancar-se | |
| Meaning | speak haltingly. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | stutter, stammer, falter | |
| Broader | talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise | Express in speech |
| Spanish | balbucear, balbucir, tartamudear | |
| Catalan | balbucejar, quequejar, titubar, titubejar | |
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