Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to bumble
Participle: bumbled
Gerund: bumbling
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | bumble |
| you | bumble |
| he;she;it | bumbles |
| we | bumble |
| you | bumble |
| they | bumble |
Perfect
| I | have bumbled |
| you | have bumbled |
| he;she;it | has bumbled |
| we | have bumbled |
| you | have bumbled |
| they | have bumbled |
Past
| I | bumbled |
| you | bumbled |
| he;she;it | bumbled |
| we | bumbled |
| you | bumbled |
| they | bumbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had bumbled |
| you | had bumbled |
| he;she;it | had bumbled |
| we | had bumbled |
| you | had bumbled |
| they | had bumbled |
Future
| I | will bumble |
| you | will bumble |
| he;she;it | will bumble |
| we | will bumble |
| you | will bumble |
| they | will bumble |
Future Perfect
| I | will have bumbled |
| you | will have bumbled |
| he;she;it | will have bumbled |
| we | will have bumbled |
| you | will have bumbled |
| they | will have bumbled |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | bumble |
| you | bumble |
| he;she;it | bumble |
| we | bumble |
| you | bumble |
| they | bumble |
Perfect
| I | have bumbled |
| you | have bumbled |
| he;she;it | have bumbled |
| we | have bumbled |
| you | have bumbled |
| they | have bumbled |
Imperfect
| I | bumbled |
| you | bumbled |
| he;she;it | bumbled |
| we | bumbled |
| you | bumbled |
| they | bumbled |
Pluperfect
| I | had bumbled |
| you | had bumbled |
| he;she;it | had bumbled |
| we | had bumbled |
| you | had bumbled |
| they | had bumbled |
Conditional
Present
| I | would bumble |
| you | would bumble |
| he;she;it | would bumble |
| we | would bumble |
| you | would bumble |
| they | would bumble |
Perfect
| I | would have bumbled |
| you | would have bumbled |
| he;she;it | would have bumbled |
| we | would have bumbled |
| you | would have bumbled |
| they | would have bumbled |
Imperative
| you | bumble |
| we | Let's bumble |
| you | bumble |
Verbs conjugated like 'bumble'
abacinate,
abalienate,
abase,
abate,
abbreviate,
abdicate,
abduce,
aberrate,
aberuncate,
abirritate,
abjudge,
abjudicate,
abjugate,
abjure,
ablactate,
ablaqueate,
able,
ablegate,
abligate,
abnegate, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'bumble'
bimble,
bubble,
bummle,
burble,
fumble,
humble,
jumble,
mumble,
rumble,
tumble,
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. "to flounder, blunder," 1532, probably of imitative origin.
2. Onomatopoeia. Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble.
Sample Sentences
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Spiders build webs and wait for insects to bumble into them.