fumble
noun
1. (sports) dropping the ball
Similar word(s): muff
Definition categories: act, bloomer, blooper, blunder, botch, bungle, flub, pratfall
verb
1. feel about uncertainly or blindly
Similar word(s): grope
Definition categories: contact, search, seek
2. make one's way clumsily or blindly
- He fumbled towards the door
Similar word(s): blunder
Definition categories: motion, pass
3. handle clumsily
Definition categories: contact, handle, palm
4. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Similar word(s): blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, botch, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, mishandle, muff, spoil
Definition categories: social, fail, miscarry
5. drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder
- fumble a grounder
Definition categories: competition, play
Sentences with fumble as a verb:
- Waiting for the interview, he fumbled with his tie.
- He fumbled the key into the lock.
- He fumbled for his keys.
- He fumbled his way to the light-switch.
- He fumbled through his prepared speech.
- to fumble for an excuse