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fumble
[fuhm-buhl]
verb (used without object)
to feel or grope about clumsily.
She fumbled in her purse for the keys.
Sports.to fumble the ball.
verb (used with object)
to make, handle, etc., clumsily or inefficiently.
to fumble an attempt; He fumbled his way through the crowded room.
Synonyms: , , , ,Sports.to fail to hold or maintain hold on (a ball) after having touched it or carried it.
noun
the act of fumbling.
We completed the difficult experiment without a fumble.
Sports.an act or instance of fumbling the ball.
fumble
/ ˈʌə /
verb
(intr; often foll by for or with) to grope about clumsily or blindly, esp in searching
he was fumbling in the dark for the money he had dropped
(intr; foll by at or with) to finger or play with, esp in an absent-minded way
to say or do hesitantly or awkwardly
he fumbled the introduction badly
to fail to catch or grasp (a ball, etc) cleanly
noun
the act of fumbling
Other 51Թ Forms
- fumbler noun
- fumblingly adverb
- fumblingness noun
- outfumble verb (used with object)
- unfumbled adjective
- unfumbling adjective
- ˈڳܳ noun
- ˈڳܳԲ adverb
- ˈڳܳԲԱ noun
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fumble1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of fumble1
Example Sentences
Richardson's fumbling did little to inspire confidence in the man with zero disaster management experience.
Yamamoto had his second-worst stinker as a Dodger, surpassed by only his fumble of the division series opener last season against the Padres.
However, three fumbled missions months apart might leave some observers to wonder: is it all going wrong for SpaceX's Starship?
But the fumbles haven’t stopped tech companies from barreling forward with building glasses, brain-computer interfaces and humanoid robots as they look to a future beyond the smartphone.
After meeting at orientation — and bonding over the need to ignore the kid who insists on telling everyone he’s Amanda Knox’s cousin — Benny and Carmen fumble through a performed kind of meet-cute.
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