Definition of fumble

noun (n)

• (sports) dropping the ball (noun.act)

  Synonym: muff
  

  source: wordnet30

verb (v)

• feel about uncertainly or blindly (verb.contact)

  Synonym: grope
  

  source: wordnet30
• make one's way clumsily or blindly (verb.motion)

  Synonym: blunder
  

  Example:
  He fumbled towards the door.
  

  source: wordnet30
• handle clumsily (verb.contact)

  source: wordnet30
• make a mess of, destroy or ruin (verb.social)

  Synonym: 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 u
  

  source: wordnet30
• drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder (verb.competition)

  Example:
  Fumble a grounder.
  

  source: wordnet30
• To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something. (verb)

  source: webster1913
• To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together. (verb)

  source: webster1913

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