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Synonyms for fumble

Grammar : Verb
Spell : fuhm-buhl
Phonetic Transcription : ˈfʌm bəl

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Définition of fumble

Origin :
  • mid-15c., "handle clumsily," possibly from Old Norse falma "to fumble, grope." Similar words in Scandinavian and North Sea Germanic suggest onomatopoeia from a sound felt to indicate clumsiness (cf. bumble, stumble, and obsolete English famble, fimble of roughly the same meaning). Related: Fumbled; fumbling.
  • verb bumble, mess up
Example sentences :
  • The girl's face flushed, and she began to fumble the shawl nervously with her fingers.
  • Extract from : « The Underdog » by F. Hopkinson Smith
  • He began to fumble presently for his Bible,—he must have some help.
  • Extract from : « Tip Lewis and His Lamp » by Pansy
  • He had promised me faithfully not to fumble with his cravat, and evidently he had not once stirred.
  • Extract from : « Ruggles of Red Gap » by Harry Leon Wilson
  • No language except the chaos we fumble with could make it possible.
  • Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes
  • I heard him murmur something about the servants and fumble for the switch.
  • Extract from : « The Misplaced Battleship » by Harry Harrison (AKA Henry Maxwell Dempsey)
  • "My thong's loose," said he, stooping to fumble with a brogue that needed no such attention.
  • Extract from : « John Splendid » by Neil Munro
  • Barney's tired brain began to fumble at this problem,—how did it happen?
  • Extract from : « The Young Mountaineers » by Charles Egbert Craddock
  • Grace fumbled for her purse, and, when she had found it, began to fumble in it for her silver.
  • Extract from : « Put Yourself in His Place » by Charles Reade
  • Then, with a sudden impulse, he began to fumble in his breast-pocket.
  • Extract from : « Jill the Reckless » by P. G. (Pelham Grenville) Wodehouse
  • He glanced at it and then put it down and began to fumble in his pocket.
  • Extract from : « General John Regan » by George A. Birmingham

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