- fumble about/around
- move about clumsily using the hands to find one's way.→ fumble
English new terms dictionary. 2014.
fumble about/around
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fumble — ► VERB 1) use the hands clumsily while doing or handling something. 2) (of the hands) do or handle something clumsily. 3) (fumble about/around) move about clumsily using the hands to find one s way. 4) express oneself or deal with something… … English terms dictionary
fumble — 1. verb 1) she fumbled for her keys Syn: grope, fish, search blindly, scrabble around 2) he fumbled about in the dark Syn: stumble, blunder, flounder, lumber, stagger, totter, lurch; … Thesaurus of popular words
fumble — verb 1》 use the hands clumsily while doing or handling something. ↘(fumble about/around) move about clumsily using the hands to find one s way. ↘(in ball games) fail to catch or field (the ball) cleanly. 2》 express oneself or deal with… … English new terms dictionary
fumble — I UK [ˈfʌmb(ə)l] / US verb Word forms fumble : present tense I/you/we/they fumble he/she/it fumbles present participle fumbling past tense fumbled past participle fumbled 1) [intransitive] to try to hold, move, or find something using your hands… … English dictionary
fumble — Synonyms and related words: bad job, ball up, be all thumbs, beat about, bevue, blow, blunder, blunder away, blunder into, blunder on, blunder upon, bobble, boggle, bollix, bollix up, bonehead play, boner, boo boo, botch, bumble, bungle, butcher … Moby Thesaurus
fumble — v 1. grope, grabble, search or feel about, search blindly or uncertainly; feel one s way, tiptoe, walk on eggs; flounder, stumble, stumble around. 2. blunder, miss, err, Inf. drop the ball, Inf. bobble; muff, bungle, botch, mismanage, boggle,… … A Note on the Style of the synonym finder
beat about — Synonyms and related words: about ship, agonize over, angle for, ask for, back and fill, be at sea, be hard put, be uncertain, bear away, bear off, bear to starboard, beat, beat about for, box off, break, bring about, bring round, cant, cant… … Moby Thesaurus
poke around — Synonyms and related words: beat about, beat the bushes, burrow, delve, dig, explore, feel around, feel for, forage, frisk, fumble, go through, grabble, grope, grope for, hunt, look around, look round, look through, nose around, poke, pry, pry… … Moby Thesaurus
fumbler — fumble ► VERB 1) use the hands clumsily while doing or handling something. 2) (of the hands) do or handle something clumsily. 3) (fumble about/around) move about clumsily using the hands to find one s way. 4) express oneself or deal with… … English terms dictionary
fumbling — fumble ► VERB 1) use the hands clumsily while doing or handling something. 2) (of the hands) do or handle something clumsily. 3) (fumble about/around) move about clumsily using the hands to find one s way. 4) express oneself or deal with… … English terms dictionary
