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I'm really such a bumbler! Writing fiction is like arranging furniture in a dark room. I can't see what I'm doing. I grope for the right words. I bump against the wrong words and stumble and stub my toe and curse and keep trying to guess what belongs in the space.
Joanna Scott

Meaning of "bumbler" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF BUMBLER

bumbler  [ˈbʌmblə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF BUMBLER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Bumbler 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 BUMBLER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of bumbler in the English dictionary

The definition of bumbler in the dictionary is person who behaves in a confused, disorganized way, making mistakes and not usually achieving much.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH BUMBLER


Ambler
ˈæmblə
assembler
əˈsɛmblə
descrambler
diːˈskræmblə
disassembler
ˌdɪsəˈsɛmblə
dissembler
dɪˈsemblə
gambler
ˈɡæmblə
grumbler
ˈɡrʌmblə
kembla
ˈkɛmblə
mumbler
ˈmʌmblə
rambla
ˈrɑːmblə
rambler
ˈræmblə
resembler
rɪˈzemblə
rumbler
ˈrʌmblə
scambler
ˈskæmblə
scrambler
ˈskræmblə
stumbler
ˈstʌmblə
temblor
ˈtɛmblə
trembler
ˈtrɛmblə
tumbler
ˈtʌmblə
unscrambler
ʌnˈskræmblə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE BUMBLER

bum´s rush
bumbailiff
bumbaze
bumbershoot
bumble
bumble-foot
bumble-puppy
bumblebee
bumbleberry
bumbledom
bumbling
bumblingly
bumbo
bumboat
Bumbry
bumelia
bumf
bumfluff
bumfreezer
bumfuck

WORDS THAT END LIKE BUMBLER

amber gambler
bubbler
cabler
cobbler
cross assembler
disabler
doubler
dribbler
enabler
fabler
fumbler
gobbler
humbler
jumbler
reed warbler
scribbler
stabler
troubler
warbler
wobbler

Synonyms and antonyms of bumbler in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «BUMBLER»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «bumbler» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of bumbler

Translation of «bumbler» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF BUMBLER

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

Translator English - Chinese

bumbler
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

bumbler
570 millions of speakers

English

bumbler
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

bumbler
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

المتردد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

bumbler
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

trapalhão
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

bumbler
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

bumbler
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bumbler
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

bumbler
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

へまをする人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

bumbler
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Bumbler
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

bumbler
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

bumbler என்று
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

बंबलर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

bumbler
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

bumbler
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Bumbler
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

bumbler
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

bumbler
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

bumbler
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

bumbler
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

bumbler
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

bumbler
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of bumbler

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «BUMBLER»

The term «bumbler» is normally little used and occupies the 118.513 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «BUMBLER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about bumbler

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QUOTES WITH «BUMBLER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word bumbler.
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Joanna Scott
I'm really such a bumbler! Writing fiction is like arranging furniture in a dark room. I can't see what I'm doing. I grope for the right words. I bump against the wrong words and stumble and stub my toe and curse and keep trying to guess what belongs in the space.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «BUMBLER»

Discover the use of bumbler in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to bumbler and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Horse Bumbler
Subtitled "Getting It Right By Mistake," The Horse Bumbler is a memoir masquerading as a manual of horsemanship.
Hilary Walker, 2011
2
A Bumbler's Guide to Ireland
A BUMBLER'S GUIDE TO IRELAND The musings of a confused tourist. IRELAND AT LAST! Having been brought up to the strains, or wailing if you like, of various English, Welch or Scots friends of the family performing their renditions of ...
Syd Harling
3
Microeconomics and Behavior
Suppose you are the economic advisor for a firm that is trying to decide whether to acquire the Bumbler Oil Company, whose only asset is an oil field that has a net value X under its current management. The owners of Bumbler know the exact ...
Robert Frank, 2008
4
The Dark Tower III: The Waste Lands
"Ass!" cried the bumbler. Its anxious eyes continued to flick back and forth between Jake and the gunslinger. Jake reached into his pack, slowly, afraid to startle the creature, and drew out the remains of a gunslinger burrito. He tossed it toward ...
Stephen King, 1991
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Summary of The Political Zoo - Michael Savage
Unlike the Connecticut bee, the Texas bumbler doesn't get nauseated unexpectedly and won't raise taxes. Nor will this pugnacious bee permit lslamist sand fleas to attack Americans without a response. Shortly after the sand flea attack of 9/1 ...
Capitol Reader, 2013
6
The Garden Green
Bumbler tumbled and ran right into Daisy's topmost bloom. He popped up a bit, then landed... ker—plop... right on another bloom that Daisy had finished making only a few minutes earlier. Bumbler shook his head. “Excellent!” he exclaimed.
Mark Anton, 2013
7
The Dark Tower:
A moment later, the bumbler was asleep again. Somewhere close by, one of his kind had died . . . but dying was the way of the world; it was a hard world and always had been. Oy dreamed of being with Jake beneath the great orange orb of ...
Stephen King, 2004
8
Rise of the Shadow Stealers: The Firebird Chronicles
We managed to distil Mr Bumbler's words into a rather finewhiskey. Mr Bumbler isvery fondofhis whiskey.' 'I am,' Bumbler agreed. 'And thenwefed itto him. Revived himin an instant, clearing the poison outofhis system completely. Which means ...
Daniel Ingram-Brown, 2013
9
Song of Susannah:
Henchick shrugged, as iftosay Asyou will. “Whatabout Oy, Jake?” Eddie asked. Jake's eyes widened and his jaw dropped. Roland realized the boy hadn't considered his bumbler friend until this moment. The gunslinger reflected (not for thefirst ...
Stephen King, 2004
10
"Ask Mamma;" Or, The Richest Commoner in England
Though the Yammertons sat down but six on the present occasion, and there were the two accustomed dumb-waiters in the room, three live ones were introduced, viz., Monsieur, the Bumbler, and Solomon, whose duty seemed to consist in ...
Robert Smith Surtees, 1858

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «BUMBLER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term bumbler is used in the context of the following news items.
1
'Key and Peele' Keep It Light While Getting Seriously Heavy
The tone of the sketch is frenetic and wacky, with Key's white cop an exasperated bumbler who's always yelping excuses and “My bad!”. «Yahoo News, Jul 15»
2
Bygones: Good folk of Belper helped to launch comedian Will Hay …
Between these two extremes were his most famous creations in which he made his mark as an affable bumbler. But let no-one think that Hay ... «Derby Telegraph, Jul 15»
3
Tycoon Vincent Bollore Takes Aim at French Satire Show
Its portrayals of President Francois Hollande as a dim bumbler and former President Nicolas Sarkozy as an over-excitable dwarf were arguably ... «Jakarta Globe, Jul 15»
4
First rate theatre
George Telfer's Watson is not the well-meaning bumbler sometimes portrayed, but an intelligent and assertive partner for Holmes. Fine actors ... «Eastbourne Herald, Jul 15»
5
Brian E. Crowley: 5 myths about Jeb Bush
George the bumbler, Jeb the thinker. Got it. But some who worked in the Bush White House say the perception that Jeb is smarter may have ... «Tulsa World, Jun 15»
6
The Pope and Politics
I do notice that it is a rare day to see you, or Rhett the Bumbler, or Tumbleweed, or any of the usual suspects criticize ANYTHING owned by ... «Flathead Beacon, Jun 15»
7
'Heir Apparent' inherits comic zest in 2011 redo
While Spencer's Madame Argante at first impresses us as a dragon lady, we soon realize she's a harmless bumbler. As little person Scruple, ... «OCRegister, Jun 15»
8
“Dirty Rotten Scoundrels” a fun night's entertainment
Ali Kelly plays Christine as a charming bumbler who can't seem to get out of her own or anyone else's way. As the American Soap Queen, she's ... «WPRO, Jun 15»
9
Martini Stones, a Time-Locked Cigarette Case and Other Vintage …
Up at last and out of doors, he is a dear, incompetent bumbler, forever picking a spot in a high wind for a game of cards (the solution: a ... «TIME, Jun 15»
10
Letter: Past blunders trump any chance
... blunders and cringing faux pas; a fumbling bumbler ready to proclaim the absolute preposterous just to get attention. Not only that, he blithely ... «The Columbian, Jun 15»

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