adjective
- sluggish, slow-moving, or lethargic
Usage: archaic or dialectal; chiefly Scottish
verb
- to move slowly or sluggishly; to dawdle or loiter
Usage: archaic or dialectal; chiefly Scottish
Examples
- The drumbled old horse could barely keep pace with the carriage.
- He drumbled through the marketplace, stopping at every stall.
- The drumbled pace of the procession tested everyone's patience.
- She drumbled about the garden, lost in thought.
- The drumbled servant moved as if in a dream.
- They drumbled along the country road without urgency.