"bumfuzzle" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: bumfuzzles [present, singular, third-person], bumfuzzling [participle, present], bumfuzzled [participle, past], bumfuzzled [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb}} bumfuzzle (third-person singular simple present bumfuzzles, present participle bumfuzzling, simple past and past participle bumfuzzled)
  1. (transitive, chiefly South Midland US, Southern US) To confuse or fluster. Tags: Southern-US, transitive

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for bumfuzzle meaning in English (1.4kB)

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