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To deal with something clumsily or nervously, typically making a mistake in the process

To tinker or fiddle with something

To move or act in an awkward or confused manner

To move or vibrate with a buzzing or whirring sound

To speak in a confused or indistinct way

An embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation

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Verb

To deal with something clumsily or nervously, typically making a mistake in the process

make a Horlicks of

make a nonsense of

make a pig's ear of

do something badly

make a botch of

make a dog's dinner of

be wide of the mark

put your foot in it

get things wrong

make a false move

make a faux pas

muff something up

put a spanner in the works

make a dog's breakfast

make a pig's ear

make a dog's dinner

get the wrong end of the stick

bark up the wrong tree

blot your copybook

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“The police bumble the investigation from the start and, as days go by, the talk show halfwits add to the hysteria.”

Verb

To tinker or fiddle with something

play about with

play around with

potter about with

play games with

work amateurishly on

adjust slightly

scratch the surface

experiment with

expose yourself to

fool around with

fool about with

mess about with

tinker with the edges of

muck about with

muck around with

tinker at the edges of

rearrange the deckchairs on the Titanic

mess around with

amuse oneself with

potter around with

potter round with

work superficially

put one's hands on

lay a finger on

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“Watching him bumble around with the tea, Lynne was keenly aware of the crease he'd once made in her heart, even if it didn't quite fold along that line anymore.”

Verb

To move or act in an awkward or confused manner

lose your balance

grope one's way

walk with a limp

battle one's way

walk with difficulty

make one's way with difficulty

move to the side

move laboriously

walk the tracks

follow one's nose

stretch your legs

get no place fast

move with difficulty

wander aimlessly

get off the point

go off at a tangent

get sidetracked

scuff one's feet

take Shanks's pony

bring up the rear

pound the pavement

walk in single file

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“We bumble around each other like Laurel and Hardy in the gloom, fumbling for a torch we couldn't find.”

Verb

To move or vibrate with a buzzing or whirring sound

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“Although she didn't care for ordinary bees, watching a fat black and yellow bee bumble past always lifted her mood.”

Verb

To speak in a confused or indistinct way

talk incoherently

run off at the mouth

spill the beans

shoot the breeze

talk nineteen to the dozen

chitter-chatter

engage in conversation

have a conversation

talk the hind legs off a donkey

shoot one's mouth off

talk incessantly

patter on and on

talk the hind leg off a donkey

make small talk

talk a blue streak

talk a mile a minute

talk ten to the dozen

have a tete-a-tete

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“Mary listened to me bumble on about how some biographers stop being explorers and start believing they own the country they've been wandering.”

Noun

An embarrassing or tactless act or remark in a social situation

misdemeanour^UK

mischievousness

misbehaviour^UK

breach of etiquette

simple-mindedness

thoughtlessness

foolish mistake

dropping the ball

slip of the tongue

slip of the pen

misapprehension

putting foot in mouth

inappropriate behaviour

social indiscretion

piece of indecorum

dumb thing to do

error of judgment

breaking of the law

lapse of etiquette

colossal blunder

blunder in etiquette

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