Helen Fenton

Bumble: Definition and part of speech

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Bumble

  1. v. i. To make a hollow or humming noise, like that of a bumblebee; to cry as a bittern.
  2. n. The bittern.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bumblebee: Definition and part of speech

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Bumblebee

  1. n. A large bee of the genus Bombus, sometimes called humblebee; — so named from its sound.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bumboat: Definition and part of speech

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Bumboat

  1. n. A clumsy boat, used for conveying provisions, fruit, etc., for sale, to vessels lying in port or off shore.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bumkin: Definition and part of speech

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Bumkin

  1. n. A projecting beam or boom; as: (a) One projecting from each bow of a vessel, to haul the fore tack to, called a tack bumpkin. (b) One from each quarter, for the main-brace blocks, and called brace bumpkin. (c) A small outrigger over the stern of a boat, to extend the mizzen.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bummalo: Definition and part of speech

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Bummalo

  1. n. A small marine Asiatic fish (Saurus ophidon) used in India as a relish; — called also Bombay duck.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.

Bummer: Definition and part of speech

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Bummer

  1. n. An idle, worthless fellow, who is without any visible means of support; a dissipated sponger.

The word meanings were obtained from OPTED(The Online Plain Text English Dictionary), which is based on “The Project Gutenberg Etext of Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary” which is in turn based on the 1913 US Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary (See Project Gutenburg), as a text file.