fumble meaning and definition

FUMBLE noun

Definition of fumble (noun)

1. (sports) dropping the ball
   • synonyms: muff

FUMBLE verb

Definition of fumble (verb)

1. feel about uncertainly or blindly
   • "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"
   • synonyms: grope
2. make one's way clumsily or blindly
   • "He fumbled towards the door"
   • synonyms: blunder
3. handle clumsily
4. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
   • "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
   • synonyms: ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil
5. drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder
   • "fumble a grounder"