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• fumble about/around — move about clumsily using the hands to find one s way. → fumble …   English new terms dictionary

• fumble — ► VERB 1) use the hands clumsily while doing or handling something. 2) (of the hands) do or handle something clumsily. 3) (fumble about/around) move about clumsily using the hands to find one s way. 4) express oneself or deal with something… …   English terms dictionary

• fumble — 1. verb 1) she fumbled for her keys Syn: grope, fish, search blindly, scrabble around 2) he fumbled about in the dark Syn: stumble, blunder, flounder, lumber, stagger, totter, lurch; …   Thesaurus of popular words

• fumble — verb 1》 use the hands clumsily while doing or handling something.     ↘(fumble about/around) move about clumsily using the hands to find one s way.     ↘(in ball games) fail to catch or field (the ball) cleanly. 2》 express oneself or deal with… …   English new terms dictionary

• 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} …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• fumble — [fum′bəl] vi., vt. fumbled, fumbling [var. of ME famelen, prob. < ON famla, akin to Du fommeln, Ger fummeln] 1. to search (for a thing) by feeling about awkwardly with the hands; grope clumsily 2. to handle (a thing) clumsily or unskillfully;… …   English World dictionary

• fumble — I UK [ˈfʌmb(ə)l] / US verb Word forms fumble : present tense I/you/we/they fumble he/she/it fumbles present participle fumbling past tense fumbled past participle fumbled 1) [intransitive] to try to hold, move, or find something using your hands… …   English dictionary

• fumble — fumbler, n. fumblingly, adv. fumblingness, n. /fum beuhl/, v., fumbled, fumbling, n. v.i. 1. to feel or grope about clumsily: She fumbled in her purse for the keys. 2. Sports. to fumble the ball. v.t. 3. to make, handle, etc., clumsily or… …   Universalium

• fumble — I. verb (fumbled; fumbling) Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish fumla to fumble Date: 1534 intransitive verb 1. a. to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly b. to make awkward attempts to do or find something… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• fumble — fum•ble [[t]ˈfʌm bəl[/t]] v. bled, bling, n. 1) to feel or grope about clumsily: He fumbled in his pocket for the keys[/ex] 2) spo to fail to hold a ball after having touched it or carried it, as in a baseball or football game 3) to do something… …   From formal English to slang

• fumble — v. n. 1. Feel about (awkwardly or childishly). 2. Grope, grope about, stumble, bungle, make awkward attempts, search to no purpose. 3. Mumble, stammer, stutter, stumble in speech …   New dictionary of synonyms