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Synonyms for bumble

Verb

1. botch, bumble, 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, fail, go wrong, miscarry
usage: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
2. stumble, falter, bumble, walk
usage: walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"
3. bumble, stutter, stammer, falter, talk, speak, utter, mouth, verbalize, verbalise
usage: speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"
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