vverb.socialmake a mess of, destroy or ruinSynset:ball up blow bobble bodge bollix bollix up bollocks bollocks up botch botch up bumble bungle flub fluff foul up fuck up fumble louse up mess up mishandle muck up muff screw up spoil
Examples:- I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
- the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
Derivationally Related Form:botcherbumblermess-upfluffspoilingspoilflubballupfuckupspoilagebunglerscrewupbotchfumblerbunglefoul-up
Hypernyms:fail go wrong miscarry
Inherited Hypernyms:botchfail
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s
vverb.motionwalk unsteadilySynset:bumble falter stumble
Examples:- The drunk man stumbled about
Derivationally Related Form:stumble
Hypernyms:walk
Inherited Hypernyms:stumblewalktravel
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: bumble, falter)
vverb.communicationspeak haltinglySynset:bumble falter stammer stutter
Examples:- The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room
Derivationally Related Form:stammererstammerfalterstuttererstutter
Hypernyms:mouth speak talk utter verbalise verbalize
Inherited Hypernyms:bumbletalkcommunicateinteractact
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: stammer, falter, stutter)
adj satadj.alllacking physical movement skills, especially with the handsSynset:bungling butterfingered ham-fisted ham-handed handless heavy-handed left-handed
Examples:- a bumbling mechanic
- a bungling performance
- ham-handed governmental interference
- could scarcely empty a scuttle of ashes, so handless was the poor creature - Mary H. Vorse
Antonyms:adroit
Inherited Hypernyms:bumbling
Similar to:maladroit