Definition of
fumble has definitions from the fields of baseball,sport,american football,games
1
[ verb ] feel about uncertainly or blindly

Synonyms

grope

Examples

"She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"

Used in print

(Sallie Bingham, "Moving Day," The Atlantic...)

Winston watched her fumbling to untie her apron .

Related terms

search grope_for grope

2
[ noun ] (baseball,sport,american football) dropping the ball (in baseball or football)

Synonyms

muff

Used in print

(The Dallas Morning News,...)

And he caused the fumble that set_up our touchdown .

Related terms

blunder baseball American_football

3
[ verb ] handle clumsily

Related terms

handle handle

4
[ verb ] make one's way clumsily or blindly

Synonyms

blunder

Examples

"He fumbled towards the door"

Used in print

(Mary Savage, Just for Tonight....)

If , as she walked , her steps fumbled from_time_to_time , she chose to ignore that omen .

Related terms

pass

5
[ verb ] make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Synonyms

louse_up spoil fuck_up flub muck_up foul_up mess_up blunder bollocks_up mishandle blow bumble bungle botch_up fluff bobble bollix screw_up bollix_up bollocks ball_up muff botch

Examples

"I botched the dinner and we had to eat out" "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"

Related terms

fail blurt_out blunder spoil bungler fluff ballup screwup

6
[ verb ] (games) drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder in baseball

Examples

: "fumble a grounder"

Related terms

play baseball

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Rhymes with

umbel mumble tumble bumble rumble humble jumble trumbull grumble stumble crumble amble bubble campbell ramble affable gamble wamble nimble shamble laughable timetable bramble bauble bible babble babel ineffable preamble unscramble symbol cymbal double scramble thimble estimable disassemble tremble reassemble dissemble ensemble resemble rubble mobile foible fable feeble dabble hubble unfathomable assemble fathomable trouble marble wobble gobble cobble libel rabble stubble nontransferable transferable unverifiable transferrable unjustifiable seasonable abominable reasonable determinable personable interminable lovable inalienable verifiable preferable identifiable classifiable insufferable profitable justifiable hobble mandible spendable extendable presentable expendable commendable unprintable rentable dependable unlivable printable forgivable lamentable amendable unforgivable preventable tribal nondeductible indestructible solvable actionable unfashionable accountable believable objectionable understandable imaginable provable unconscionable unbelievable immovable unquestionable inconceivable countable conceivable removable unaccountable mandible fashionable receivable expandable unmentionable insurmountable fissionable observable questionable unsolvable impressionable gullible marketable unserviceable garble serviceable habitable attributable heritable noticeable fallible equitable irrevocable revocable charitable feasible reputable applicable incalculable communicable creditable corbel indomitable irritable inequitable admirable inheritable unpalatable inhospitable inimitable inevitable navigable formidable uninhabitable practicable palatable disreputable livable fungible intertribal pebble nibble dibble unfeasible sensible schnabel perceptible acceptable reprehensible comprehensible compensable confirmable indispensable indefinable redouble indefensible unacceptable untouchable deliverable ostensible definable infeasible defensible infallible discoverable dispensable invincible susceptible drinkable enfeeble movable squabble

Phonetic and Homophones

F AH1 M B AH0 L

Similar Spelling

fumbler fumbling

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