"drumble" meaning in English

See drumble in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: drumbles [present, singular, third-person], drumbling [participle, present], drumbled [participle, past], drumbled [past]
Etymology: See drumly. Head templates: {{en-verb}} drumble (third-person singular simple present drumbles, present participle drumbling, simple past and past participle drumbled)
  1. (obsolete, intransitive) To be sluggish or lazy. Tags: intransitive, obsolete Synonyms (to be sluggish): loiter
    Sense id: en-drumble-en-verb-yAmKH2RX Disambiguation of 'to be sluggish': 96 1 3 0
  2. (obsolete, intransitive) To be confused. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-drumble-en-verb-ZrNeUtnH
  3. (obsolete, intransitive) To mumble in speaking. Tags: intransitive, obsolete
    Sense id: en-drumble-en-verb-oQ9-it-B
  4. (obsolete) To do something ineptly; to bungle or bumble. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-drumble-en-verb-HWqLq~JI Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 6 24 64 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 8 13 71 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 6 10 77
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: drumbler

Inflected forms

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  "forms": [
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      "form": "drumbles",
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    },
    {
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      "tags": [
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        {
          "ref": "a. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, act 3, scene 3:",
          "text": "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.",
          "type": "quote"
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        "To be sluggish or lazy."
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        "(obsolete, intransitive) To be sluggish or lazy."
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          "_dis1": "96 1 3 0",
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        "(obsolete, intransitive) To be confused."
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        "(obsolete, intransitive) To mumble in speaking."
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        "intransitive",
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        "To do something ineptly; to bungle or bumble."
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        "(obsolete) To do something ineptly; to bungle or bumble."
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        "(obsolete, intransitive) To be sluggish or lazy."
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        "obsolete"
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        "To be confused."
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        "(obsolete, intransitive) To be confused."
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        "obsolete"
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        "intransitive",
        "obsolete"
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        "To do something ineptly; to bungle or bumble."
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          "bungle"
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          "bumble"
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        "(obsolete) To do something ineptly; to bungle or bumble."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
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    {
      "sense": "to be sluggish",
      "word": "loiter"
    }
  ],
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}

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