drumble en · VERB
Etymology
See drumly.
Meanings
-
(intransitive, obsolete) To be sluggish or lazy.
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.
a. 1597, William Shakespeare, The Merry Wives of Windsor, act 3, scene 3:
- (intransitive, obsolete) To be confused.
- (intransitive, obsolete) To mumble in speaking.
- (obsolete) To do something ineptly; to bungle or bumble.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| drumbling | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| drumbles | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| drumbled | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| drumbled | Tense=Past | lexicographic |
Deriveds
Synonyms
loiter (to be sluggish)