FUMBLE as NOUN

  1. Meaning
    • (sports) dropping the ball
    Synonym(s) Hypernyms(s) fumble is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)

FUMBLE as VERB

  1. Meaning
    • drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder
    Usage Example(s)
    • fumble a grounder
    Hypernyms(s) fumble is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)
  2. Meaning
    • handle clumsily
    Hypernyms(s) fumble is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  3. Meaning
    • feel about uncertainly or blindly
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom
    Hypernyms(s) fumble is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower See Also Derived(s)
  4. Meaning
    • make one’’s way clumsily or blindly
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • He fumbled towards the door
    Hypernyms(s) fumble is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
  5. Meaning
    • make a mess of, destroy or ruin
    Synonym(s) Usage Example(s)
    • I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
    • the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
    Hypernyms(s) fumble is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower Derived(s)