fumble

noun

  1. 1

    (sports) dropping the ball

verb

  1. 1

    drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder

    fumble a grounder

  2. 2

    handle clumsily

  3. 3

    feel about uncertainly or blindly

    She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom

  4. 4

    make one's way clumsily or blindly

    He fumbled towards the door

  5. 5

    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

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