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- Dictionaryfum·ble/ˈfəmb(ə)l/
verb
- 1. use the hands clumsily while doing or handling something: "she fumbled with the lock"
noun
- 1. an act of using the hands clumsily while doing or handling something: "just one fumble during a tire change could separate the winners from the losers"
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The meaning of FUMBLE is to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly. How to use fumble in a sentence.
FUMBLE definition: 1. to do something awkwardly, especially when using your hands: 2. in sport, to fail to hold on to…. Learn more.
1. verb. 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. [V + for/with] He fumbled with the buttons at the neck. [V for/with/in n] He fumbled his one-handed attempt to light his cigarette. [VERB noun] [Also V + in]
FUMBLE meaning: 1. to do something awkwardly, especially when using your hands: 2. in sport, to fail to hold on to…. Learn more.
1. To touch or handle nervously or idly: fumble with a necktie. 2. To grope awkwardly to find or to accomplish something: fumble for a key. 3. To proceed awkwardly and uncertainly; blunder: fumble through a speech. 4. a. Football To drop a ball that is in play. b. Baseball To mishandle a ground ball. v.tr. 1.
1. If you fumble for something or fumble with something, you try to reach for it or hold it in a clumsy way. [...] 2. When you are trying to say something, if you fumble for the right words, you speak in a clumsy and unclear way. [...] More. Conjugations of 'fumble' present simple: I fumble, you fumble [...]
Fumbling is an uncoordinated movement that can involve your entire body, not just your hands. Witness the poor parent of a newborn trying to fumble with a diaper on at three in the morning. Fumble has a more metaphorical meaning as well, meaning to mess up or mishandle. Politicians are often accused of fumbling the major issues.
to make, handle, etc., clumsily or inefficiently: to fumble an attempt; He fumbled his way through the crowded room. Synonyms: muff, spoil, mishandle, botch, bungle. Sports. to fail to hold or maintain hold on (a ball) after having touched it or carried it.
Noun. Filter. verb. fumbled, fumbles, fumbling. To touch or handle nervously or idly. Fumble with a necktie. American Heritage. Similar definitions. To search (for a thing) by feeling about awkwardly with the hands; grope clumsily.
[transitive] fumble something (especially in sports) to drop a ball or to fail to stop or kick it. See fumble in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Check pronunciation: fumble. Definition of fumble verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
