Sekirov Dictionary

fumble

/ˈfʌmbəl/

verb 7
noun 3
forms 5

verb7

•
To handle nervously or awkwardly.
- Waiting for the interview, he fumbled with his tie.
- He fumbled the key into the lock.
•
To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
- I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers. — 1599
•
To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
- He fumbled for his keys.
- He fumbled his way to the light-switch.
•
To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.
- My understanding stutters, and my memory fumbles. — 1711
•
To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident.
- Henderson's best strike on goal saw goalkeeper Kingson uncomfortably fumble his measured shot around the post. — 2010
•
To blunder uncertainly.
- He fumbled through his prepared speech.
(slang, no longer used) Of a man, to sexually underperform.

noun3

The dropping of a ball by accident.
•
(informal) A clumsy sexual encounter.
- Suzy and Jimmy had a fumble behind the bike shed.
(UK) A dessert similar to a cross between a fool and a crumble.

forms

fumbled · fumbling · fumbles · fumbleth · fumblest

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