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3 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fumble \Fum"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fumbled}; p. pr & vb n. {Fumbling}.] [Akin to D. fommelen to crumple, fumble, Sw fumla to fusuble, famla to grope, Dan. famle to grope, fumble, Icel. falme, AS folm palm of the hand. See {Feel}, and cf {Fanble}, {Palm}.] 1. To feel or grope about to make awkward attempts to do or find something Adams now began to fumble in his pockets. --Fielding. 2. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as to fumble for an excuse. --Dryden. My understanding flutters and my memory fumbles. --Chesterfield. Alas! how he fumbles about the domains. --Wordsworth. 3. To handle much to play childishly; to turn over and over I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers. --Shak. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Fumble \Fum"ble\, v. t. To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together. --Shak. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: fumble n : dropping the ball (in baseball or football) [syn: {muff}] v 1: feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom" [syn: {grope}] 2: make one's way clumsily; "His steps fumbled" 3: handle clumsily 4: make a mess of destroy or ruin [syn: {botch}, {botch up}, {muff}, {blow}, {flub}, {screw up}, {ball up}, {blunder}, {spoil}, {muck up}, {bungle}, {fluff}, {bollix}, {bollix up}, {bollocks}, {bollocks up}, {bobble}, {mishandle}, {louse up}, {foul up}, {mess up}, {fuck up}] 5: drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder in baseball: "fumble a grounder"
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