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- Dictionaryfumble/ˈfʌmbl/
verb
- 1. do or handle something clumsily: "she fumbled with the lock" Similar
noun
- 1. an act of doing or handling something clumsily: "just one fumble during a tyre change could separate the winners from the losers"
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FUMBLE definition: 1. to do something awkwardly, especially when using your hands: 2. in sport, to fail to hold on to…. Learn more.
verb. us / ˈfʌm.b ə l / uk / ˈfʌm.b ə l / fumble verb (DO STH AWKWARDLY) Add to word list. [ I usually + adv/prep ] to do something awkwardly, especially when using your hands: fumble with I fumbled with the lock. fumble in something for something He fumbled in his pockets for some change.
: to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly. b. : to make awkward attempts to do or find something. fumbled in his pocket for a coin. c. : to search by trial and error. d. : blunder. 2. : to feel one's way or move awkwardly. 3. a. : to drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder. b.
If you fumble for something or fumble with something, you try and reach for it or hold it in a clumsy way.
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.
FUMBLE definition: to use your hands with difficulty to try to get hold of something or find something: . Learn more.
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.
Definition of fumble verb in Oxford Advanced American Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
fumble. [intransitive, transitive] to use your hands in a way that is not smooth or steady or careful when you are doing something or looking for something. fumble (at/with/in something) (for something) She fumbled in her pocket for a handkerchief. He fumbled with the buttons on his shirt.
1. To touch or handle clumsily or idly: "fumbled the skeleton key into the lock and turned it" (Bentley Dadmun). 2. To make a mess of; bungle. See Synonyms at botch. 3. To feel or make (one's way) awkwardly. 4. a. Football To drop (a ball) while in play. b. Baseball To mishandle (a ground ball). n. 1. The act or an instance of fumbling. 2.
