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fumbled definition
fumbled |
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 -------------- 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 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")
fumbled definition