fumble

 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  fumble 
 
 
  Troponyms  (hyponyms)  of  verb  fumble 
 
 
  Entailment  of  verb  fumble 
 
 
  Synonyms/Hypernyms  (Ordered  by  Frequency)  of  verb  fumble 
 
  5  senses  of  fumble 
 
  Sense  1 
  grope,  fumble 
  =>  search,  seek,  look  for 
 
  Sense  2 
  fumble 
  =>  pass,  go  through  go  across 
 
  Sense  3 
  fumble 
  =>  handle,  palm 
 
  Sense  4 
  botch,  bumble,  fumble,  botch  up  muff,  blow,  flub,  screw  up  ball  up  spoil,  muck  up  bungle,  fluff,  bollix,  bollix  up  bollocks,  bollocks  up  bobble,  mishandle,  louse  up  foul  up  mess  up  fuck  up 
  =>  fail  go  wrong  miscarry 
 
  Sense  5 
  fumble 
  =>  play 
 
  Familiarity  of  verb  fumble 
 
  fumble  used  as  a  verb  is  common  (polysemy  count  =  5) 
 
  Synonyms  (Grouped  by  Similarity  of  Meaning)  of  verb  fumble 
 
  Sense  1 
  grope,  fumble 
  =>  search,  seek,  look  for 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  2 
  fumble 
  =>  pass,  go  through  go  across 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  3 
  fumble 
  =>  handle,  palm 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  4 
  botch,  bumble,  fumble,  botch  up  muff,  blow,  flub,  screw  up  ball  up  spoil,  muck  up  bungle,  fluff,  bollix,  bollix  up  bollocks,  bollocks  up  bobble,  mishandle,  louse  up  foul  up  mess  up  fuck  up 
  =>  fail  go  wrong  miscarry 
  -------------- 
 
  Sense  5 
  fumble 
  =>  play 
  -------------- 
 
  Grep  of  noun  fumble 
  fumble 
  fumbler 
 
  Overview  of  noun  fumble 
 
  The  noun  fumble  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  fumble,  muff  --  (dropping  the  ball  (in  baseball  or  football)) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  fumble 
 
  The  verb  fumble  has  5  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  grope,  fumble  --  (feel  about  uncertainly  or  blindly;  "She  groped  for  her  glasses  in  the  darkness  of  the  bedroom") 
  2.  (1)  fumble  --  (make  one's  way  clumsily;  "His  steps  fumbled") 
  3.  (1)  fumble  --  (handle  clumsily) 
  4.  botch,  bumble,  fumble,  botch  up  muff,  blow,  flub,  screw  up  ball  up  spoil,  muck  up  bungle,  fluff,  bollix,  bollix  up  bollocks,  bollocks  up  bobble,  mishandle,  louse  up  foul  up  mess  up  fuck  up  --  (make  a  mess  of  destroy  or  ruin) 
  5.  fumble  --  (drop  or  juggle  or  fail  to  play  cleanly  a  grounder  in  baseball:  "fumble  a  grounder") 
 
  Overview  of  noun  fumble 
 
  The  noun  fumble  has  1  sense  (first  1  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (1)  fumble,  muff  --  (dropping  the  ball  (in  baseball  or  football)) 
 
  Overview  of  verb  fumble 
 
  The  verb  fumble  has  5  senses  (first  3  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (4)  grope,  fumble  --  (feel  about  uncertainly  or  blindly;  "She  groped  for  her  glasses  in  the  darkness  of  the  bedroom") 
  2.  (1)  fumble  --  (make  one's  way  clumsily;  "His  steps  fumbled") 
  3.  (1)  fumble  --  (handle  clumsily) 
  4.  botch,  bumble,  fumble,  botch  up  muff,  blow,  flub,  screw  up  ball  up  spoil,  muck  up  bungle,  fluff,  bollix,  bollix  up  bollocks,  bollocks  up  bobble,  mishandle,  louse  up  foul  up  mess  up  fuck  up  --  (make  a  mess  of  destroy  or  ruin) 
  5.  fumble  --  (drop  or  juggle  or  fail  to  play  cleanly  a  grounder  in  baseball:  "fumble  a  grounder") 

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