stumble-bumbles
stumble-bumble
1. Someone who muddles their way through something in an inept, haphazard manner; a blundering, incompetent fool. With a stumble-bumble like him running the company, it's hard to believe we haven't gone bankrupt yet. She may have been an amazing businesswoman, but she is has been absolute stumble-bumble as our governor.
2. dated slang Any powerful, addictive narcotic, especially a barbiturate. Typically used in plural constructions. The officer could tell the two suspects were high off their gourds on stumble-bumbles.
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
stumble-bumbles
verbSee stumbles
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- stumble-bumble
- strew with
- strew
- strew (someone or something) with (something)
- strew (something) on (something)
- strew on
- plonk
- plonk (someone or something) up
- plonked up
- schlemiel