Dictionary Check: fumble

"fumble" is a valid word!

Scrabble 13 points
Words with Friends 17 points

Definition

noun

(sports) dropping the ball

Synonyms:
verb

feel about uncertainly or blindly

Example: "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"
Synonyms:
verb

make one's way clumsily or blindly

Example: "He fumbled towards the door"
Synonyms:
verb

handle clumsily

verb

make a mess of, destroy or ruin

Example: "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"
verb

drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder

Example: "fumble a grounder"

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