Definition of "fumble"

fumble¹

/ˈfʌmbəl/

verb
third-person singular simple present fumbles, present participle fumbling, simple past and past participle fumbled
1. (transitive, intransitive) To handle nervously or awkwardly.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
  Quotations
  Adams now began to fumble in his pockets.
  1743, Henry Fielding, The History of the Adventures of Joseph Andrews, and His Friend Mr. Abraham Adams. […], 3rd edition, volumes (please specify |volume=I or II), London: […] A[ndrew] Millar, […]
3. (intransitive) To blunder uncertainly.
4. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.
  Quotations
  My understanding stutters, and my memory fumbles.
  1711 August 12, Philip Stanhope, 4th Earl of Chesterfield, letter to Dr. Chevenix
  Alas! how he fumbles about the domains.
  1800, Wordsworth, Written in Germany on one of the coldest days of the century
5. (transitive, intransitive, sports) To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident.
  Quotations
  Henderson's best strike on goal saw goalkeeper Kingson uncomfortably fumble his measured shot around the post.
  2010 December 28, Owen Phillips, “Sunderland 0 - 2 Blackpool”, in BBC‎
6. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
  Quotations
  I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers.
  1599, William Shakespeare, “The Life of Henry the Fift”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, [Act II, scene iii]
7. (slang, obsolete) Of a man, to sexually underperform.
noun
plural fumbles
1. (sports, American football, Canadian football) A ball etc. that has been dropped by accident.

fumble²

/ˈfʌmbəl/

noun
plural fumbles
1. (Britain) A dessert similar to a cross between a fool and a crumble.

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