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bummel

verbaction

to flounder or act clumsily

Verb: to flounder or struggle (often in water) or to make a task or speech slow and awkward. Noun: a floundering or clumsy struggle.

Example in use

He made a bummel at the meetin.

Pronunciation

Say it like this

/BUM-mel/

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Origin & context

scotscurrentneutral

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