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Meaning of "bumble-puppy" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BUMBLE-PUPPY

bumble-puppy play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUMBLE-PUPPY

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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Bumble-Puppy is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES BUMBLE-PUPPY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bumble-puppy in the English dictionary

The definition of bumble-puppy in the dictionary is a game in which a ball, attached by string to a post, is hit so that the string winds round the post. Other definition of bumble-puppy is played unskilfully.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUMBLE-PUPPY

bum boy
bum rap
bum someone off
bum steer
bum´s rush
bumbailiff
bumbaze
bumbershoot
bumble
bumble-foot
bumblebee
bumbleberry
bumbledom
bumbler
bumbling
bumblingly
bumbo
bumboat
Bumbry
bumelia

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUMBLE-PUPPY

crappy
cuppy
duppy
flappy
floppy
guppy
happy
hippy
hoppy
hush puppy
keepy-uppy
mud puppy
poppy
puppy
sloppy
strappy
trippy
unhappy
yuppy
zippy

Synonyms and antonyms of bumble-puppy in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «bumble-puppy» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUMBLE-PUPPY

Find out the translation of bumble-puppy to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of bumble-puppy from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «bumble-puppy» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

大黄蜂,小狗
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bumble -puppy
570 millions of speakers

English

bumble-puppy
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Bumble - पिल्ला
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تلعثم - جرو
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

шмель - щенок
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

bumble - cachorro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

গুনগুন-কুকুরছানা
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bumble -puppy
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bumble-puppy
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bumble- Welpen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

マルハナバチ、子犬
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

범블 강아지
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bumble-puppy
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bumble - con chó con
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வண்டு-நாய்க்குட்டி
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बिबल-पिल्ला
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bombus-yavrusu
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bumble - puppy
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

trzmiele - szczeniak
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

джміль - щеня
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Bumble - catelus
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αγριομέλισσες - κουτάβι
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Bumble - hondjie
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bumble -valp
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bumble -valp
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bumble-puppy

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUMBLE-PUPPY»

The term «bumble-puppy» is barely ever used and occupies the 196.211 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUMBLE-PUPPY» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bumble-puppy

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUMBLE-PUPPY»

Discover the use of bumble-puppy in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bumble-puppy and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Brave New World
- Comprehensive reading and study guides for some of the world's most important literary masterpieces - Concise critical excerpts provide a scholarly overview of each work - "The Story Behind the Story" details the conditions under which ...
Aldous Huxley, 2009
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The Perennial Satirist: Essays in Honour of Bernfried Nugel, ...
Bradshaw views the Obstacle Golf Course at Stoke Poges, the Centrifugal Bumble-puppy towers, and the double row of Escalator Five Courts as "bizarre manifestations of the Keynesian initiatives." See Introduction to Brave New World  ...
Peter Edgerly Firchow, Hermann Josef Real, 2005
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Joe Sacco
As its editor, Sacco offered his own brand of humor in the pages of Bumble- Puppy. In the third issue, its first page features a ranting manifesto about why a funny guy such as himself should compile a humor magazine at all. Apparently ...
Monica Marshall, 2005
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An Etymological Dictionary of Modern English
See homb, hoom1, etc. l bomme, as a bombyll bre dothe or any fly c : je bruys ( Palsg.). bumble-puppy. Unscientific whist; orig. outdoor game, nine holes. Obs. bumble, to bungle, blunder, and puppy, but reason for name unhnown. bumba.
Ernest Weekley, 2013
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20 Classic Novels (Illustrated) Part-3:
Playing bumble-puppy with Minnie Beebe, niece to the rector, and aged thirteen-- an ancient and most honourable game, which consists in striking tennis-balls high into the air, so that they fall over the net and immoderately bounce; some hit  ...
Publishthis, 2013
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A Room with a View
Playing bumble-puppy with Minnie Beebe, niece to the rector, and aged thirteen —an ancient and most honourable game, which consists in striking tennis-balls high into the air, so that they fall over the net and immoderately bounce; some hit  ...
E. M. Forster, 2008
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Love, War and Ice Cream: Family Stories
The boys went there until they were thirteen or so, and then they went to Marlborough, Bumble Puppy and then, when everyone was You'll need two tennis racquets, a post about back at home in the holidays, six feet tall or a thin tall tree, some ...
M. Z. Fairtlough, 2012
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Westminster Papers: A Monthly Journal of Chess, Whist, Games ...
We called the game Bumble Puppy, and we fancied the name was original ; it turned out otherwise. The rules were — " Honours not to score." " No looking at the last trick." " The trump card to be turned up from the second pack." " Game three ...
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A Room With A View (窗外有藍天):
And poor Lucy—serve her right—worn toa shadow." Mr. Beebe watched the shadow springing and shouting overthe tennis–court.Cecil was absent—one did notplay bumble–puppy when hewas there. "Well, if theyare coming—No, Minnie, not ...
E. M. Forster, 2011
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Victorian Writing about Risk: Imagining a Safe England in a ...
I do not care a row of pins how badly they may be written, and what form of bumble-puppy grammar and composition is employed, as long as the writer will walk along the edge of a precipice with a sheer fall of thousands of feet on one side ...
Elaine Freedgood, 2000

9 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUMBLE-PUPPY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bumble-puppy is used in the context of the following news items.
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Dead Air Radio
... all your horror comic needs, my friends at Bumble-Puppy.com who design an array of geek-themed shirts and created our Dead Airlines logo, ... «Salt Lake City Weekly, Jul 14»
2
Brave new world
Everyone works but also has plenty of time for leisure, which is spent on games of Electro-magnetic Golf and Centrifugal Bumble-puppy. «Philly.com, Nov 13»
3
Crisis, averted: USPS to destroy “Let's move!” stamps over safety …
There will be no rousing game of centrifugal bumble-puppy in democrat utopia. And I hate gammas. gammas wear green. Murphy9 on October ... «Hot Air, Oct 13»
4
Colin Horgan explains why life is more complicated than even …
... heart of this) is not seen as a tool of Big Brother, but is instead the modern equivalent of Huxley's centrifugal bumble-puppy and orgy porgy. «Macleans.ca, Jun 13»
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Why the Haters Hate Michele
any telegenic politician who questions the wisdom of “Centrifugal Bumble-Puppy” must be ridiculed. That's why establishment Republicans say ... «American Spectator, Jun 13»
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An Orwellian America
It is time for Big Brother to take over from Huxley's feelies, the orgy-porgy and the centrifugal bumble-puppy. We are transitioning from a society ... «Gold Seek, Mar 13»
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Six by 6 | Six great but forgotten comics anthologies
Fantagraphics had anthologies coming out of the ying-yang in the late 1990s — Pictopia, Snake Eyes, Centrifugal Bumble-Puppy (whoops, ... «Comic Book Resources, Jan 13»
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2011: A Brave New Dystopia
It is time for Big Brother to take over from Huxley's feelies, the orgy-porgy and the centrifugal bumble-puppy. We are moving from a society ... «truthout, Dec 10»
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The Idle Parent's time has come
... which remind me of the ridiculous distracting sports in Aldous Huxley's Brave New World: centrifugal bumble-puppy and electromagnetic golf. «Telegraph.co.uk, Feb 09»

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