Drumble

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To be sluggish or lazy. intransitive, obsolete

    "Go, take up these clothes here. Quickly! Where's the / cowl-staff? Look how you drumble! Carry them to the / laundress in Datchet Mead. Quickly! Come."

  2. 2
    To be confused. intransitive, obsolete
  3. 3
    To mumble in speaking. intransitive, obsolete
  4. 4
    To do something ineptly; to bungle or bumble. obsolete

Synonyms

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Example

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"Go, take up these clothes here. Quickly! Where's the / cowl-staff? Look how you drumble! Carry them to the / laundress in Datchet Mead. Quickly! Come."

Etymology

See drumly.

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