(n) a city in southeastern Congo near the border with Zambia; a copper mining center; former name (until 1966) was Elisabethville, Syn. Elisabethville

botch

(v) make a mess of, destroy or ruin, Syn. flub, bollocks, botch up, ball up, muck up, mess up, bumble, bollocks up, fluff, fuck up, fumble, foul up, bollix, bungle, spoil, bollix up, bobble, muff, bodge, louse up, blow, screw up, mishandle, Example:I botched the dinner and we had to eat out; the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement

bungler

(n) someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence, Syn. bumbler, stumbler, fuckup, botcher, butcher, blunderer, fumbler, sad sack

stumble

(v) walk unsteadily, Syn. bumble, falter, Example:The drunk man stumbled about

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Bumbailiff

n. [ A corruption of bound bailiff. ] [ Low, Eng. ] See Bound bailiff, under Bound, a. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bumbard

See Bombard. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bumbarge

n. See Bumboat. Carlyle. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bumbast

See Bombast. [ Obs. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bumbelo

n.; pl. Bumbeloes [ It. bombola. ] A glass used in subliming camphor. [ Spelled also bombolo and bumbolo. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bumble

n. [ See Bump to boom. ] (Zool.) The bittern. [ Local, Eng. ] [ 1913 Webster ]

Bumble

v. i. To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to buzz; to cry as a bittern. [ 1913 Webster ]

As a bittern bumbleth in the mire. Chaucer. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bumble

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

Bumble

v. t. to bungle (a task). [ PJC ]

Bumblebee

n. [ OE. bumblen to make a humming noise (dim. of bum, v. i.) + bee. Cf. Humblebee. ] (Zool.) A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; -- so named from its sound. [ 1913 Webster ]

☞ There are many species. All gather honey, and store it in the empty cocoons after the young have come out. [ 1913 Webster ]

Bumblepuppy

n. [ Origin unknown; cf. Bumble, n. ] 1. The old game of nineholes. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

2. (Card Playing) Whist played in an unscientific way. [ Webster 1913 Suppl. ]

bumbling

adj. not skillful in physical movement especially with the hands; as, a bumbling mechanic.
Syn. -- bungling, butterfingered, ham-fisted, ham-handed, handless, heavy-handed, left-handed. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Bumboat

n. [ From bum the buttocks, on account of its clumsy form; or fr. D. bun a box for holding fish in a boat. ] (Naut.) A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore. [ 1913 Webster ]

cuckoo-bumblebee

n. 1. a bee that is parasitic in the nests of bumblebees. [ WordNet 1.5 ]

Obumbrant

a. [ L. obumbrans, p. pr. ] (Zool.) Overhanging; as, obumbrant feathers. [ 1913 Webster ]

Obumbrate

v. t. [ L. obumbratus, p. p. of obumbrare to overshadow, cloud; ob + umbrare to shade. ] To shade; to darken; to cloud. [ R. ] Howell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Obumbration

n. [ L. obumbratio. ] Act of darkening or obscuring. [ R. ] Sir T. More. [ 1913 Webster ]

Subumbonal

a. (Zool.) Beneath or forward of the umbos of a bivalve shell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Subumbrella

n. (Zool.) The integument of the under surface of the bell, or disk-shaped body, of a jellyfish. [ 1913 Webster ]

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