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 Definitions of Fumble  [ˈfʌm bəl]  

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Definition of 'Fumble' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (v.i.) fumble
to feel or grope about clumsily:
He fumbled in his pocket for the keys.

2.  fumble
to fail to hold a ball after having touched it or carried it, as in a baseball or football game.

3.  fumble
to do something clumsily or unsuccessfully; blunder or fail.

4. (v.t.) fumble
to make, handle, etc., clumsily or ineffectively; botch:
to fumble an attempt.

5.  fumble
to fail to hold (a ball) after having touched it or carried it.

6. (n.) fumble
the act of fumbling.

7.  fumble
an act or instance of fumbling the ball.

Etymology:  (1500–10)

Definition of 'Fumble' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (verb) fumble, muff
(sports) dropping the ball

2. (verb) grope, fumble
feel about uncertainly or blindly
"She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"

3. (verb) fumble, blunder
make one's way clumsily or blindly
"He fumbled towards the door"

4. (verb) fumble
handle clumsily

5. (verb) botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
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"

6. (verb) fumble
drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder
"fumble a grounder"


Definition of 'Fumble' Webster Dictionary 

1. (verb) Fumble
to feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something

2. (verb) Fumble
to grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse

3. (verb) Fumble
to handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over

4. (verb) Fumble
to handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together


Translation of 'Fumble' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: to use one's hands awkwardly and with difficulty
He fumbled with the key; She fumbled about in her bag for her key.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: rondtas Arabic flag Arabic: يَستَعْمِلُ يَدَيْه بارْت Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: бърникам
Brazilian flag Brazilian: remexer Czech flag Czech: pohrávat si; šmátrat German flag German: herumfummeln
Danish flag Danish: fumle Greek flag Greek: παίζω με τα χέρια μου αδέ Spanish flag Spanish: buscar/revolver a tientas
Estonian flag Estonian: kohmitsema Farsi flag Farsi: کورمال کردن Finnish flag Finnish: hapuilla
French flag French: tâtonner Hebrew flag Hebrew: לְגַשֵׁש Hindi flag Hindi: बेढंगे तरीके से टटोलना
Croatian flag Croatian: nespretno rukovati, traži Hungarian flag Hungarian: kotorászik Indonesian flag Indonesian: mencari-cari
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fálma, gera klaufalega Italian flag Italian: armeggiare; frugare Japanese flag Japanese: 手探りする
Korean flag Korean: 서투르게 만지다 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: grabalioti, grabinėti Latvian flag Latvian: grābstīties; taustīties (
Malay flag Malay: meraba-raba Dutch flag Dutch: onhandig doen Norwegian flag Norwegian: famle, fomle, rote
Polish flag Polish: gmerać, grzebać Persian flag Persian: کورمال کردن Pashto flag Pashto: هرى خواته لاس او پښې اچول
Portuguese flag Portuguese: remexer Romanian flag Romanian: a dibui Russian flag Russian: копаться
Slovak flag Slovak: pohrávať sa; šmátrať Slovenian flag Slovenian: tipati (z, za) Serbian flag Serbian: petljati
Swedish flag Swedish: fumla, rota, gräva Thai flag Thai: คลำหรือจับอย่างงุ่มง่าม Turkish flag Turkish: el yordamıyla ara(n)mak
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 亂摸,摸索 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: намацувати Urdu flag Urdu: ٹٹولنا
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: dò dẫm; sờ soạng Chinese flag Chinese: 乱摸,摸索

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