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