Fumble in English dictionary

  • fumble

    Meanings and definitions of "Fumble"

    • (transitive, intransitive) To idly touch or nervously handle
    • (transitive, intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
    • (intransitive) To blunder uncertainly
    • (transitive, intransitive, sports) To drop a ball or a baton etc.
    • (sports) A ball etc. that has been dropped
    • noun
      (sports)
      A ball etc. that has been dropped
    • verb
      (transitive, intransitive)
      To idly touch or nervously handle
    • verb
      (transitive, intransitive)
      To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To blunder uncertainly.
    • verb
      To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.
    • verb
      (transitive, intransitive, sports)
      To drop a ball or a baton etc.
    • verb
      To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
    • To blunder uncertainly
    • noun
      (sports) dropping the ball
    • verb
      drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder"
    • verb
      feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"
    • verb
      handle clumsily
    • verb
      make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
    • verb
      make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door"

    Synonyms of "Fumble" in English dictionary

    fuckup, go wrong, bollix up are the top synonyms of "Fumble" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of Fumble

    • fumble ( plural  fumbles)
    • fumble ( third-person singular simple present fumbles, present participle fumbling, simple past and past participle fumbled)
    • fumble (plural fumbles)
    • fumble (third-person singular simple present fumbles, present participle fumbling, simple past and past participle fumbled)
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