fumble

[FumĀ·ble]

If you're a football fan you know all about the agony of the fumble the clumsy handling of the ball that makes you drop it or lose possession.

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To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.

Noun
(sports) dropping the ball

Verb
drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder"

Verb
handle clumsily

Verb
feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"

Verb
make one''s way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door"

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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"


v. i.
To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.

v. i.
To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse.

v. i.
To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.

v. t.
To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together.


Fumble

Fum"ble , v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fumbled ; p. pr. & vb. n. Fumbling .] [Akin to D. fommelen to crumple, fumble, Sw. fumla to fusuble, famla to grope, Dan. famle to grope, fumble, Icel. falme, AS. folm palm of the hand. See Feel, and cf. Fanble, Palm.] 1. To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.
Adams now began to fumble in his pockets.
2. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse. Dryden.
My understanding flutters and my memory fumbles.
Alas! how he fumbles about the domains.
3. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers.

Fumble

Fum"ble, v. t. To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together. Shak.

To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.

To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together.

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