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fumbling definition
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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 adj fumbling The adj fumbling has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent -- (showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf") Antonyms of adj fumbling 1 sense of fumbling Sense 1 bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent INDIRECT (VIA unskilled) -> skilled Similarity of adj fumbling 1 sense of fumbling Sense 1 bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent => unskilled (vs. skilled) Attributes of adj fumbling Familiarity of adj fumbling fumbling used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count = 1) Grep of adj fumbling fumbling 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 adj fumbling The adj fumbling has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts) 1. (1) bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent -- (showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf")
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