Definitions for tumblebug

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tumblebug tum·ble·bug

Spelling: [tuhm-buh l-buhg]

IPA: /ˈtʌm bəlˌbʌg/

Tumblebug is a 9 letter English word. It's valid Words with friends word worth 23 points.

You can make 157 anagrams from letters in tumblebug (bbeglmtuu).

Definitions for tumblebug

noun

1. any of several dung beetles that roll balls of dung in which they deposit their eggs and in which the young develop.

Origin of tumblebug

An Americanism dating back to 1795-1805; tumble + bug¹

Examples for tumblebug

Yet I'm always gay and snug, happy as a tumblebug, having still the best of times, grinding out my blame fool rhymes!

It was only a tumblebug, but he shrank from putting foot on any living thing.