āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
to fumble
01
to ruin or make a mess of something
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
She fumbled the speech and forgot her lines.
02
to search around by touch and without seeing
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He fumbled along the wall to find the light switch.
03
āĻ āĻĻāĻā§āĻˇāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻ§āĻ°āĻž, āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻĒāĻ¯ā§āĻā§āĻ¤āĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻšā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻĄā§āĻ˛ āĻāĻ°āĻž
to handle or grip something clumsily or ineffectively
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
Every time she fumbles, she learns to be more careful with fragile items.
āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻŦāĻžāĻ° āĻ¯āĻāĻ¨ āĻ¸ā§ āĻšāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻĄāĻŧāĻŋ, āĻ¸ā§ āĻāĻā§āĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋāĻ¸āĻā§āĻ˛āĻŋāĻ° āĻ¸āĻžāĻĨā§ āĻāĻ°āĻ āĻ¸āĻ¤āĻ°ā§āĻ āĻšāĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻā§āĨ¤
04
to move clumsily or awkwardly, often while unsure of one's path
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He fumbled through the crowd trying to reach the exit.
05
to drop or fail to play a ball cleanly in sports, especially baseball or American football
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He fumbled the grounder, allowing the batter to reach first base.
Fumble
01
āĻā§āĻ˛, āĻ¤ā§āĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋ
an act of dropping or failing to catch the ball properly
Informal
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
The quarterback's fumble was quickly recovered by the opposing team, changing the momentum of the match.
āĻā§āĻ¯āĻŧāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻāĻžāĻ°āĻŦā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻĢāĻžāĻŽā§āĻŦāĻ˛ āĻĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻ¤ āĻĒā§āĻ°āĻ¤āĻŋāĻĒāĻā§āĻˇ āĻĻāĻ˛ āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻžāĻ°āĻž āĻĒā§āĻ¨āĻ°ā§āĻĻā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻ°āĻž āĻšāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛, āĻŽā§āĻ¯āĻžāĻā§āĻ° āĻāĻ¤āĻŋ āĻĒāĻ°āĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤āĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĨ¤
