Home › Words › D › drumbledrumbledrumble means to be sluggish or lazy.Among words judged in Lexicurio's Arena, drumble ranks #2,613 of 42,762 for Qualifying.EtymologySee drumly.verbTo be sluggish or lazy.e.g.“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:To be confused.To mumble in speaking.To do something ineptly; to bungle or bumble.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.draggle 69% match — To make, or to become, wet and muddy by dragging along the ground. vs drumble →slob 68% match — A lazy and slovenly or obese person. vs drumble →dronish 68% match — Like a drone; slow; sluggish. vs drumble →drabble 67% match — To wet or dirty, especially by dragging through mud. vs drumble →dribble 67% match — In various ball games, to move (with) the ball, controlling its path by kicking or bouncing it repeatedly. vs drumble →sluggardize 66% match — To make lazy. vs drumble →lurdane 65% match — A lazy, stupid person; a sluggard. vs drumble →slumbery 65% match — Inclined to sleep; sleepy or sleeping; (by extension) quiet and slow-paced. vs drumble →