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Meaning of 'fumble' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Fumble [ v. i.]
- To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.
- To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse.
- To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
2 . Fumble [ v. t.]
- To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together.

Meaning of 'fumble' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . fumble [ v]
Meaning (1):
- drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder
Example in sentence:
  • fumble a grounder
Meaning (2):
- make one's way clumsily or blindly
Example in sentence:
  • He fumbled towards the door
Meaning (3):
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Example in sentence:
  • I botched the dinner and we had to eat out;
  • the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
Meaning (4):
- feel about uncertainly or blindly
Example in sentence:
  • She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom

Nearby Words:

fum fumacious fumade fumades fumado fumadoes fumage fumarate fumaric fumarine

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