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1fumble for a check — American to seek to avoid payment for a shared meal etc. You let the other person pick it up first …
2Fumble — Fum ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Fumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Fumbling}.] [Akin to D. fommelen to crumple, fumble, Sw. fumla to fusuble, famla to grope, Dan. famle to grope, fumble, Icel. falme, AS. folm palm of the hand. See {Feel}, and cf. {Fanble} …
3fumble — 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… …
4fumble — fum|ble [ˈfʌmbəl] v [Date: 1500 1600; Origin: Probably from a Scandinavian language] 1.) also fumble around [I and T] to try to hold, move, or find something with your hands in an awkward way fumble at/in/with ▪ She dressed, her cold fingers… …
5fumble — fum|ble1 [ fʌmbl ] verb 1. ) intransitive to try to hold, move, or find something using your hands in a way that is not skillful or graceful: fumble for: She fumbled for her keys in her purse. fumble with: Robert began to fumble with his buttons …
6fumble — I n. to make a fumble II v. 1) (d; intr.) ( to grope ) to fumble for (he was fumbling in his pocket for the key) 2) (d; intr.) to fumble with ( to handle clumsily ) (she was fumbling with the lock) * * * [ fʌmb(ə)l] to make a fumble (d; intr.) (… …
7fumble — [[t]fʌ̱mb(ə)l[/t]] fumbles, fumbling, fumbled 1) VERB If you fumble for something or fumble with something, you try and reach for it or hold it in a clumsy way. [V for/with/in n] She crept from the bed and fumbled for her dressing gown... [V… …
8fumble — [fum′bəl] vi., vt. fumbled, fumbling [var. of ME famelen, prob. < ON famla, akin to Du fommeln, Ger fummeln] 1. to search (for a thing) by feeling about awkwardly with the hands; grope clumsily 2. to handle (a thing) clumsily or unskillfully;… …
9Fumble — A fumble in American and Canadian football is when a player, who has possession and control of the ball, drops the ball. By rule, it is any act other than passing, kicking or successful handing that results in loss of player possession. A fumble… …
10fumble — fumbler, n. fumblingly, adv. fumblingness, n. /fum beuhl/, v., fumbled, fumbling, n. v.i. 1. to feel or grope about clumsily: She fumbled in her purse for the keys. 2. Sports. to fumble the ball. v.t. 3. to make, handle, etc., clumsily or… …