Definition of Drumble

1. v. i. To be sluggish or lazy; to be confused.

Definition of Drumble

1. Verb. (obsolete) to do something in a way that shows that one does not know what one is doing. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Drumble

1. to move slowly [v -BLED, -BLING, -BLES]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Drumble

drum printer
drum roll
drum rolls
drum sander
drum set
drum sets
drum stick
drum sticks
drum up
drumbeat
drumbeater
drumbeaters
drumbeating
drumbeatings
drumbeats
drumble (current term)
drumbled
drumbles
drumbling
drumette
drumettes
drumfire
drumfires
drumfish
drumfishes
drumful
drumfuls
drumhead
drumhead court-martial
drumheads

Literary usage of Drumble

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Gaelic Etymology of the Languages of Western Europe and More Especially by Charles Mackay (1877)
"He adds, how- | ever, " a drumble, in some parts of England, ... From further dialectic researches it might have been found that drumble is still used as a ..."

2. A Dictionary of Archaic and Provincial Words, Obsolete Phrases, Proverbs by James Orchard Halliwell-Phillipps (1889)
"Exm. drumble. To be sluggish ; to be confused in doing anything; to mumble. Weit. ... Лот/. DRUM BOW. A dingle, or ravine. Chah. Also called a drumble. ..."

3. Transactions of the Philological Society by Philological Society (Great Britain). (1901)
"The NED gives the sb. drumble, a sluggish person; and the verb drumble, ... It would thus seem clear that drumble is a real word, of Scand. origin ; and it ..."

4. Dictionary of Obsolete and Provincial English: Containing Words from the by Thomas Wright (1857)
"Exm. drumble, ». To be sluggish, or confused ; to mumble. West. drumble-BEE, s. A humble-bee. D RUMBLED, adj. Made muddy. North. drumble-DRONE, s. A drone. ..."

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