Bumble vs. Dumble

Bumblenoun

A confusion; a jumble.

Bumblenoun

A bumble-bee.

Bumblenoun

The bittern.

Bumbleverb

To act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes.

Bumbleverb

(intransitive) To boom, as a bittern; to buzz, as a fly.

Bumblenoun

The bittern.

Bumbleverb

To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to buzz; to cry as a bittern.

Bumbleverb

to act ineptly or without clear understanding of what one is doing; to blunder; to stumble about; - sometimes used with around.

Bumbleverb

to bungle (a task).

Bumbleverb

make a mess of, destroy or ruin;

Bumbleverb

walk unsteadily;

Bumbleverb

speak haltingly;

Dumblenoun

(slang) A stupid person.

Dumble

Dumble is a dialect word meaning a wooded valley. Dumble is a dialect word mainly (but not exclusively) confined to the north and east Midlands both as a place-name element and as a lexical item.