what does fumble mean?
FUMBLE as NOUN
- Meaning
- (sports) dropping the ball
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Hypernyms(s) fumble is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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FUMBLE as VERB
- Meaning
- drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder
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Hypernyms(s) fumble is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- Meaning
Hypernyms(s) fumble is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
- Meaning
- feel about uncertainly or blindly
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- 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
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Derived(s)
- Meaning
- make one’’s way clumsily or blindly
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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
- Meaning
- make a mess of, destroy or ruin
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- 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
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