fumble

fum·ble

F0360600 (fŭm′bəl)v. fum·bled, fum·bling, fum·bles v.intr.1. To touch or handle nervously or idly: fumble with a necktie.2. To grope awkwardly to find or to accomplish something: fumble for a key.3. To proceed awkwardly and uncertainly; blunder: fumble through a speech.4. a. Football To drop a ball that is in play.b. Baseball To mishandle a ground ball.v.tr.1. To touch or handle clumsily or idly: "fumbled the skeleton key into the lock and turned it" (Bentley Dadmun).2. To make a mess of; bungle. See Synonyms at botch.3. To feel or make (one's way) awkwardly.4. a. Football To drop (a ball) while in play.b. Baseball To mishandle (a ground ball).n.1. The act or an instance of fumbling.2. Sports A ball that has been fumbled.

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[Middle English fomelen, to grope.]

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fum′bler n.

fumble

(ˈfʌmbəl) vb1. (intr; often foll by for or with) to grope about clumsily or blindly, esp in searching: he was fumbling in the dark for the money he had dropped. 2. (intr; foll by at or with) to finger or play with, esp in an absent-minded way3. to say or do hesitantly or awkwardly: he fumbled the introduction badly. 4. (General Sporting Terms) to fail to catch or grasp (a ball, etc) cleanlynthe act of fumbling[C16: probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Swedish fumla] ˈfumbler n ˈfumblingly adv ˈfumblingness n

fum•ble

(ˈfʌm bəl)

v. -bled, -bling,
n. v.i. 1. to feel or grope about clumsily: He fumbled in his pocket for the keys. 2. to fail to hold a ball after having touched it or carried it, as in a baseball or football game. 3. to do something clumsily or unsuccessfully; blunder or fail. v.t. 4. to make, handle, etc., clumsily or ineffectively; botch: to fumble an attempt. 5. to fail to hold (a ball) after having touched it or carried it. n. 6. the act of fumbling. 7. an act or instance of fumbling the ball. [1500–10] fum′bler, n. fum′bling•ly, adv.

fumble

Past participle: fumbled
Gerund: fumbling

Imperative
fumble
fumble

Present
I fumble
you fumble
he/she/it fumbles
we fumble
you fumble
they fumble

Preterite
I fumbled
you fumbled
he/she/it fumbled
we fumbled
you fumbled
they fumbled

Present Continuous
I am fumbling
you are fumbling
he/she/it is fumbling
we are fumbling
you are fumbling
they are fumbling

Present Perfect
I have fumbled
you have fumbled
he/she/it has fumbled
we have fumbled
you have fumbled
they have fumbled

Past Continuous
I was fumbling
you were fumbling
he/she/it was fumbling
we were fumbling
you were fumbling
they were fumbling

Past Perfect
I had fumbled
you had fumbled
he/she/it had fumbled
we had fumbled
you had fumbled
they had fumbled

Future
I will fumble
you will fumble
he/she/it will fumble
we will fumble
you will fumble
they will fumble

Future Perfect
I will have fumbled
you will have fumbled
he/she/it will have fumbled
we will have fumbled
you will have fumbled
they will have fumbled

Future Continuous
I will be fumbling
you will be fumbling
he/she/it will be fumbling
we will be fumbling
you will be fumbling
they will be fumbling

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been fumbling
you have been fumbling
he/she/it has been fumbling
we have been fumbling
you have been fumbling
they have been fumbling

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been fumbling
you will have been fumbling
he/she/it will have been fumbling
we will have been fumbling
you will have been fumbling
they will have been fumbling

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been fumbling
you had been fumbling
he/she/it had been fumbling
we had been fumbling
you had been fumbling
they had been fumbling

Conditional
I would fumble
you would fumble
he/she/it would fumble
we would fumble
you would fumble
they would fumble

Past Conditional
I would have fumbled
you would have fumbled
he/she/it would have fumbled
we would have fumbled
you would have fumbled
they would have fumbled

fumble

This occurs when a runner loses the ball before being tackled; results in a free ball.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	fumble - (sports) dropping the ball muffblooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomer - an embarrassing mistakeAmerican football, American football game - a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) playsbaseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
Verb	1.	fumble - feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"gropelook for, search, seek - try to locate or discover, or try to establish the existence of; "The police are searching for clues"; "They are searching for the missing man in the entire county"
	2.	fumble - make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door"blundergo across, pass, go through - go across or through; "We passed the point where the police car had parked"; "A terrible thought went through his mind"
	3.	fumble - handle clumsilypalm, handle - touch, lift, or hold with the hands; "Don't handle the merchandise"
	4.	fumble - 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"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, ball up, spoil, muff, screw up, blowgo wrong, miscarry, fail - be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"
	5.	fumble - drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder"baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"play - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"

fumble

verb1. grope, flounder, paw (informal), scrabble, feel around She crept from the bed and fumbled for her dressing gown.2. stumble, struggle, blunder, flounder, bumble I fumbled around like an idiot.3. bungle, spoil, botch, mess up, cock up (Brit. slang), mishandle, fuck up (offensive taboo slang), mismanage, muff, make a hash of (informal), make a nonsense of, bodge (informal), misfield I'd hate to fumble a chance like this.noun1. miss, mistake, slip, fault, error, blunder, botch, cock-up (slang), bodge (informal) Fans cheered a fumble by the home team's star.

fumble

verb1. To reach about or search blindly or uncertainly:feel, grabble, grope, poke.2. To proceed or perform in an unsteady, faltering manner:blunder, bumble, bungle, flounder, fudge, limp, muddle, shuffle, stagger, stumble.3. To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess:ball up, blunder, boggle, botch, bungle, foul up, gum up, mess up, mishandle, mismanage, muddle, muff, spoil.Informal: bollix up, muck up.Slang: blow, goof up, louse up, screw up, snafu.Idiom: make a muck of.nounA stupid, clumsy mistake:blunder, bull, bungle, foozle, muff, stumble.Informal: blooper, boner.Slang: bloomer, goof.

Translations

乱摸失球摸索

fumble

(ˈfambl) verb1. to use one's hands awkwardly and with difficulty. He fumbled with the key; She fumbled about in her bag for her key. 亂摸，摸索 乱摸，摸索 2. to drop a ball (clumsily), or fail to hold or catch it. （在球賽中）失球 （在球赛中）失球