fumble

Definition of fumble

Verbs

feel about uncertainly or blindly
Synonyms:
grope
Type of:
look for, search, seek
try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of
make one's way clumsily or blindly
"He fumbled towards the door"
Synonyms:
blunder
Type of:
go across, go through, pass
go across or through
handle clumsily
Type of:
handle, palm
touch, lift, or hold with the hands
make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Synonyms:
ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil
Type of:
fail, go wrong, miscarry
be unsuccessful
drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder
"fumble a grounder"
Type of:
play
participate in games or sport

Nouns

(sports) dropping the ball
Synonyms:
muff
Type of:
bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall
an embarrassing mistake

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Words that contain fumble

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