bimble

== English == === Etymology === Probably an alteration or variant of bumble (verb), perhaps influenced semantically by association with amble (verb). This term is originally nautical and military in usage, and is previously used outside the current meaning of traveling on foot. === Pronunciation === (UK) IPA(key): /ˈbɪmbl/ (US) IPA(key): /ˈbɪmbəl/ Rhymes: -ɪmbəl === Noun === bimble (plural bimbles) (chiefly British, colloquial) A walk or journey with no particular haste. [from 1980s] ==== Synonyms ==== amble, mooch, stroll === Verb === bimble (third-person singular simple present bimbles, present participle bimbling, simple past and past participle bimbled) (chiefly British, colloquial, intransitive) To walk or travel with no particular haste. [from 1980s] ==== Synonyms ==== amble, dander, roam, saunter, stroll, wander === References === “bimble, n.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. “bimble, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, September 2019. “bimble”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022. === Anagrams === belimb