Definitions for Fumbleˈfʌm bəl
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fum•bleˈfʌm bəl(v.; n.)-bled, -bling
(v.i.)to feel or grope about clumsily:
He fumbled in his pocket for the keys.
to fail to hold a ball after having touched it or carried it, as in a baseball or football game.
Category: Sport
to do something clumsily or unsuccessfully; blunder or fail.
(v.t.)to make, handle, etc., clumsily or ineffectively; botch:
to fumble an attempt.
to fail to hold (a ball) after having touched it or carried it.
Category: Sport
(n.)the act of fumbling.
an act or instance of fumbling the ball.
Category: Sport
Origin of fumble:
1500–10
fum′bling•ly(adv.)
Princeton's WordNet
fumble, muff(verb)
(sports) dropping the ball
grope, fumble(verb)
feel about uncertainly or blindly
"She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"
fumble, blunder(verb)
make one's way clumsily or blindly
"He fumbled towards the door"
fumble(verb)
handle clumsily
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(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"
fumble(verb)
drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder
"fumble a grounder"
Wiktionary
fumble(Noun)
A ball etc. that has been dropped
fumble(Verb)
To idly touch or nervously handle
fumble(Verb)
To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
fumble(Verb)
To blunder uncertainly
fumble(Verb)
To drop a ball or a baton etc.
Origin: Origin uncertain; perhaps from a Scandinavian source. Compare Old Norse falma, Swedish fumla, Danish fumle, German fummeln.
Webster Dictionary
Fumble(verb)
to feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something
Fumble(verb)
to grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse
Fumble(verb)
to handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over
Fumble(verb)
to handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together
Translations for Fumble
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
fumble(verb)
to use one's hands awkwardly and with difficulty
He fumbled with the key; She fumbled about in her bag for her key.
- rondtasAfrikaans
- يَستَعْمِلُ يَدَيْه بارْتِباكArabic
- бърникамBulgarian
- remexerPortuguese (BR)
- pohrávat si; šmátratCzech
- herumfummelnGerman
- fumleDanish
- παίζω με τα χέρια μου αδέξιαGreek
- buscar/revolver a tientas/torpemente, manejar torpementeSpanish
- kohmitsemaEstonian
- کورمال کردنFarsi
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- nespretno rukovati, tražitiCroatian
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- fálma, gera klaufalegaIcelandic
- armeggiare; frugareItalian
- 手探りするJapanese
- 서투르게 만지다Korean
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- meraba-rabaMalay
- onhandig doenDutch
- famle, fomle, roteNorwegian
- gmerać, grzebaćPolish
- کورمال کردنPersian
- هرى خواته لاس او پښې اچول، ل ا لهانده كېدل.Pashto
- remexerPortuguese
- a dibuiRomanian
- копатьсяRussian
- pohrávať sa; šmátraťSlovak
- tipati (z, za)Slovenian
- petljatiSerbian
- fumla, rota, grävaSwedish
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- el yordamıyla ara(n)makTurkish
- 亂摸，摸索Chinese (Trad.)
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- 乱摸，摸索Chinese (Simp.)
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