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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]
Fumble \Fum"ble\, v. t. To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together. --Shak. [1913 Webster]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. [1913 Webster]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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]
Fumble \Fum"ble\, v. t. To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together. --Shak.From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]
fumble n : (sports) dropping the ball [syn: muff] v 1: feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom" [syn: grope] 2: make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door" [syn: blunder] 3: handle clumsily 4: 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" [syn: botch, bumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up] 5: drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder"From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
fumble n. (lb en sports American football Canadian football) A ball etc. that has been drop#Verbped by accident. vb. 1 (lb en transitive intransitive) To handle nervously or awkwardly. 2 (lb en transitive intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something 3 (lb en intransitive) To blunder uncertainly. 4 To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly. 5 (lb en transitive intransitive sports) To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident. n. (lb en British) A dessert similar to a cross between a (l en fool) and a (l en crumble).From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]
fumble n. (lb en sports American football Canadian football) A ball etc. that has been drop#Verbped by accident. vb. 1 (lb en transitive intransitive) To handle nervously or awkwardly. 2 (lb en transitive intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something 3 (lb en intransitive) To blunder uncertainly. 4 To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly. 5 (lb en transitive intransitive sports) To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident. n. (lb en British) A dessert similar to a cross between a (l en fool) and a (l en crumble).From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]
fumble n. (lb en sports American football Canadian football) A ball etc. that has been drop#Verbped by accident. vb. 1 (lb en transitive intransitive) To handle nervously or awkwardly. 2 (lb en transitive intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something 3 (lb en intransitive) To blunder uncertainly. 4 To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly. 5 (lb en transitive intransitive sports) To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident. n. (lb en British) A dessert similar to a cross between a (l en fool) and a (l en crumble).From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]
fumble n. (lb en sports American football Canadian football) A ball etc. that has been drop#Verbped by accident. vb. 1 (lb en transitive intransitive) To handle nervously or awkwardly. 2 (lb en transitive intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something 3 (lb en intransitive) To blunder uncertainly. 4 To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly. 5 (lb en transitive intransitive sports) To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident. n. (lb en British) A dessert similar to a cross between a (l en fool) and a (l en crumble).From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
fumble Englanti vb. 1 nyplätä, näpelöidä hermostuneesti 2 sählätä umpimähkään hapuilemallaFrom Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]
fumble Engelska n. fumlande Engelska vb. fumlaFrom Deutsch-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-ind ]
Fumble /fˈʊmblə/From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]meraba-raba Ball, der fallen gelassen wird, nachdem der Spieler Ballkontrolle hatte und bevor der Spieler den Erdboden mit dem Knie oder Ellbogen berührt
Fumble /fˈʌmbəl/ تحسّسFrom English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]
fumble //ˈfʌmbəl//From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]1. изпускам To drop a ball or a baton etc 2. тършувам To grope awkwardly in trying to find something 3. бърникам To handle nervously or awkwardly
fumble /fˈʌmbəl/From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-ces ]tápat
fumble /fˈʌmbəl/From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 : [ freedict:eng-deu ]šmátrat
fumble /fˈʌmbəl/From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 : [ freedict:eng-ell ]frickeln [ugs.] Synonyms: fiddle with, fiddle around, tinker, quickly put together an improvised solution see: fiddling with, fiddling around, fumbling, tinkering, fiddled with, fiddled around, fumbled, tinkered Note: around
fumble /fˈʌmbəl/ πασπατεύω, δεν πιάνωFrom English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-fin ]
fumble //ˈfʌmbəl//From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]1. munata, möhlätä To blunder uncertainly 2. sählätä To drop a ball or a baton etc 3. hamuilla, hapuilla 2. To grope awkwardly in trying to find something 3. To handle nervously or awkwardly
fumble /fˈʌmbəl/From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 : [ freedict:eng-hin ]1. फूहडपन "His fumble was just a pretention."
fumble /fˈʌmbəl/From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 : [ freedict:eng-hrv ]1. टटोलना{बेढंगे~तरीके~से "The boy fumbled for the light switch ." 2. हाथ~से~इधर~उधर~पलटना "The wicket keeper tumbled with the ball and dropped it."
fumble /fˈʌmbəl/ petljati, preturatiFrom English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-ind ]
fumble //ˈfʌmbəl//From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-jpn ]meraba-raba To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
fumble //ˈfʌmbəl//From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 : [ freedict:eng-pol ]1. 探り回す To grope awkwardly in trying to find something 2. いじり回す To handle nervously or awkwardly
fumble /ˈfʌmbəl/From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-swe ]1. grzebać się, grzebać 2. fumble for words (fumble V: :for :words) - szukać słów
fumble //ˈfʌmbəl//From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 : [ freedict:eng-tur ]fumla, fumla sig To blunder uncertainly
fumble /fˈʌmbəl/ 1. el yordamıyle beceriksizce aramak, boş yere çabalamak 2. tutamamak 3. becerememek 4. konuşurken duraklamak 5. oyun da topu duşürmek 6. tutamayış, becereme yiş 7. topu düşürme fumbler beceriksiz kimse fumblingly beceriksizceFrom IPA:en_US : [ IPA:en_US ]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 : [ moby-thesaurus ]/ˈfəmbəɫ/
87 Moby Thesaurus words for "fumble": bad job, ball up, be all thumbs, beat about, bevue, blow, blunder, blunder away, blunder into, blunder on, blunder upon, bobble, boggle, bollix, bollix up, bonehead play, boner, boo-boo, botch, bumble, bungle, butcher, clumsy performance, commit a gaffe, confound, confuse, drop, error, etourderie, faux pas, feel, feel around, feel for, flounder, flub, fluff, foozle, foul up, garble, gaucherie, goof up, grabble, grope, grope for, grump, hash, jumble, louse up, lumber, mar, mess, miscue, mishandle, mistake, mix up, mop, mouth, mow, muck up, muddle, muff, mug, murder, murmur, mutter, off day, pet, pi, play havoc with, play hob with, poke around, pout, pry around, riffle, sad work, scrabble, scramble, screw up, shuffle, slip, snafu, snarl up, spoil, stumble, swallow, trip, tumbleFrom Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary : [ stardic ]
n. 摸索,漏接; v. 摸索,摸弄,笨拙的处理;From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary : [ xdict ]
n. 摸索,漏接 vt. 摸索,摸弄,笨拙的处理,漏接 vi. 摸索,笨手笨脚,漏球