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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Fumble \Fum"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fumbled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fumbling.] [Akin to D. fommelen to crumple, fumble, Sw.
fumla to fusuble, famla to grope, Dan. famle to grope,
fumble, Icel. falme, AS. folm palm of the hand. See Feel,
and cf. Fanble, Palm.]
1. To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or
find something.
[1913 Webster]
Adams now began to fumble in his pockets.
--Fielding.
[1913 Webster]
2. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to
fumble for an excuse. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
My understanding flutters and my memory fumbles.
--Chesterfield.
[1913 Webster]
Alas! how he fumbles about the domains.
--Wordsworth.
[1913 Webster]
3. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
[1913 Webster]
I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with
flowers. --Shak.
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Fumble \Fum"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fumbled; p. pr. & vb. n.
Fumbling.] [Akin to D. fommelen to crumple, fumble, Sw.
fumla to fusuble, famla to grope, Dan. famle to grope,
fumble, Icel. falme, AS. folm palm of the hand. See Feel,
and cf. Fanble, Palm.]
1. To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or
find something.
Adams now began to fumble in his pockets.
--Fielding.
2. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to
fumble for an excuse. --Dryden.
My understanding flutters and my memory fumbles.
--Chesterfield.
Alas! how he fumbles about the domains.
--Wordsworth.
3. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with
flowers. --Shak.
From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
fumbled
vb.
(infl of en fumble ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
fumbled
vb.
(infl of en fumble ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
fumbled
vb.
(infl of en fumble ed-form)
From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
fumbled
vb.
(infl of en fumble ed-form)
From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
fumbled
Englanti vb.
(taivm-imperf-pperf en fumble)
From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
fumbled
Engelska a.
(avledning en fumble ordform=perfpart)
Engelska vb.
(böjning en verb fumble)
From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]Fumbled /fˈʌmbəld/ متحسّسFrom English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]
fumbled /fˈʌmbəld/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]tápal
fumbled /fˈʌmbəld/
gefrickelt
Synonyms: fiddled with, fiddled around, tinkered
see: fiddle with, fiddle around, fumble, tinker, quickly put together an improvised solution, fiddling with, fiddling around, fumbling, tinkering
From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]
fumbled /fˈʌmbəld/
genestelt, gepfriemelt
Synonym: fiddled
see: fiddle (around) with sth., fumble (around) with sth., fiddling, fumbling
From IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈfəmbəɫd/
19 Moby Thesaurus words for "fumbled":
botched, bungled, butchered, ill-advised, ill-considered,
ill-contrived, ill-devised, ill-done, ill-executed, ill-managed,
impolitic, misconducted, misdirected, misguided, mismanaged,
muffed, murdered, negligent, spoiled