fumble

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To idly touch or nervously handle
To drop a ball or a baton etc
To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
To blunder uncertainly
A ball etc. that has been dropped
{v} to do or handly awkwardly, puzzle, play
{i} clumsy groping, awkward handling; drop a ball after catching or holding it (Football)
(sports) dropping the ball drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder"
To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together
feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"
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"
handle clumsily make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door
{f} handle awkwardly, grope about clumsily; fail to catch and hold a ball (Sports)
drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder"
when a ball carrier loses possession by dropping the ball or having it knocked away before a play ends; the first player to regain possession of the loose ball is said to make the recovery, and his team becomes the offense
A ball that is dropped while in play
handle clumsily
To drop a ball that is in play
When a player with the ball drops it before his knees hit the groud
To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something
(sports) dropping the ball
When you are trying to say something, if you fumble for the right words, you speak in a clumsy and unclear way. I fumbled for something to say He fumbled his lines, not knowing what he was going to say
When the offensive player drops the ball during a play Either team may attempt to recover it
(sports) dropping the ball drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder" handle clumsily make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door
If you fumble for something or fumble with something, you try and reach for it or hold it in a clumsy way. She crept from the bed and fumbled for her dressing gown
To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse
make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door"
To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over
fumbler
Agent noun of fumble; one who fumbles
fumbling
An instance of clumsiness, especially of the hands or fingers
fumbler
{n} an awkward, bungling or clumsy person
fumblingly
{a} in an awkward, bungling or clumsy person
fumblingly
{a} in an awkward manner, badly
fumbled
past of fumble
fumbler
{i} person who gropes clumsily; awkward person; one who drops a ball after catching or holding it (Football)
fumbler
One who fumbles
fumbles
plural of fumble
fumbling
present participle of fumble
fumbling
showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"
fumblingly
with clumsy groping movements; awkwardly
fumblingly
In a fumbling manner
fumblingly
In the manner of one who fumbles
fumble
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