2syllables
fumble
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Definitions offumble
1noun
- A ball etc. that has been dropped by accident.
1verb
- To handle nervously or awkwardly.
Example: "He fumbled the key into the lock."
- To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
Example: "He fumbled for his keys."
- To blunder uncertainly.
Example: "He fumbled through his prepared speech."
- To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.
Example: "to fumble for an excuse"
- To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident.
- To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
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