fumble

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[edit] Verb

Infinitive
to fumble

Third person singular
fumbles

Simple past
fumbled

Past participle
fumbled

Present participle
fumbling

to fumble (third-person singular simple present fumbles, present participle fumbling, simple past and past participle fumbled)

  1. (transitive, intransitive) To idly touch or nervously handle
    • Waiting for the interview, he fumbled with his tie
    • He fumbled the key into the lock
  2. (transitive, intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
    • He fumbled for his keys
    • He fumbled his way to the light-switch
  3. (intransitive) To blunder uncertainly
    • He fumbled through his prepared speech
  4. (transitive, intransitive, sports) To drop a ball or a baton etc

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[edit] Noun

Singular
fumble

Plural
fumbles

fumble (plural fumbles)

  1. (sports) A ball etc. that has been dropped

[edit] Translations

  • Indonesian: meraba-raba
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