fumble
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈfʌmbəl/
fumble (fumbles, present participle fumbling; past and past participle fumbled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To handle nervously or awkwardly.
- Waiting for the interview, he fumbled with his tie.
- He fumbled the key into the lock.
- (transitive, intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
- He fumbled for his keys.
- He fumbled his way to the light-switch.
- (intransitive) To blunder uncertainly.
- He fumbled through his prepared speech.
- To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.
- to fumble for an excuse
- (transitive, intransitive, sports) To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident.
- To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
- 1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act 2, scene 3]:
- I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers.
- (grope awkwardly) grubble, poke; see also Thesaurus:feel around
- French: tripoter
- German: fummeln
- Italian: giocherellare, armeggiare
- Russian: мять
- Spanish: cantar, perder el balón
- Italian: farfugliare, balbettare
- Russian: мя́млить
- German: patzen
fumble (plural fumbles)
- (sports, American football, Canadian football) A ball etc. that has been drop#Verb|dropped by accident.
- German: Fumble
fumble (plural fumbles)
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