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fumble
Overview of noun fumble
The noun fumble has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) fumble, muff -- ((sports) dropping the ball)
Overview of verb fumble
The verb fumble has 5 senses (first 3 from tagged texts)
1. (4) grope, fumble -- (feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom")
2. (1) fumble, blunder -- (make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door")
3. (1) fumble -- (handle clumsily)
4. botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up -- (make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement")
5. fumble -- (drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder")
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fumble
1 sense of fumble
Sense 1
fumble, muff
=> blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
=> mistake, error, fault
=> nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
=> act, human action, human activity
=> event
=> psychological feature
=> abstraction
=> abstract entity
=> entity
Hyponyms of noun fumble
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun fumble
1 sense of fumble
Sense 1
fumble, muff
=> blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
Antonyms of noun fumble
Member Holonyms of noun fumble
Substance Holonyms of noun fumble
Part Holonyms of noun fumble
Member Meronyms of noun fumble
Substance Meronyms of noun fumble
Part Meronyms of noun fumble
Meronyms of noun fumble
Holonyms of noun fumble
Attributes of noun fumble
Derived Forms of noun fumble
1 sense of fumble
Sense 1
fumble, muff
RELATED TO>(verb) fumble#5
=> fumble
Domain of noun fumble
1 sense of fumble
Sense 1
fumble, muff
TOPIC>(noun) baseball#1, baseball game#1
TOPIC>(noun) American football#1, American football game#1
Domain Terms of noun fumble
Familiarity of noun fumble
fumble used as a noun is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of noun fumble
1 sense of fumble
Sense 1
fumble, muff
> blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
=> bobble
=> snafu
=> spectacle
=> bull
=> fumble, muff
=> fluff
=> faux pas, gaffe, solecism, slip, gaucherie
=> howler
=> clanger
=> trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep
Meronyms of noun fumble
1 sense of fumble
Holonyms of noun fumble
Grep of noun fumble
fumble
fumbler
Antonyms of verb fumble
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fumble
5 senses of fumble
Sense 1
grope, fumble
=> search, seek, look for
Sense 2
fumble, blunder
=> pass, go through, go across
=> travel, go, move, locomote
Sense 3
fumble
=> handle, palm
=> touch
Sense 4
botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
=> fail, go wrong, miscarry
Sense 5
fumble
=> play
=> compete, vie, contend
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb fumble
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb fumble
5 senses of fumble
Sense 1
grope, fumble
=> search, seek, look for
Sense 2
fumble, blunder
=> pass, go through, go across
Sense 3
fumble
=> handle, palm
Sense 4
botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
=> fail, go wrong, miscarry
Sense 5
fumble
=> play
'Cause To' of verb fumble
Derived Forms of verb fumble
2 of 5 senses of fumble
Sense 4
botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
RELATED TO>(noun) fumbler#1
=> bungler, blunderer, fumbler, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, butcher, fuckup
Sense 5
fumble
RELATED TO>(noun) fumble#1
=> fumble, muff
Domain of verb fumble
1 of 5 senses of fumble
Sense 5
fumble
TOPIC>(noun) baseball#1, baseball game#1
Domain Terms of verb fumble
Familiarity of verb fumble
fumble used as a verb is common (polysemy count =5)
Sample Sentences of verb fumble
5 senses of fumble
Sense 1
grope, fumble
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s PP
Sense 2
fumble, blunder
*> Something ----s
*> Somebody ----s
Sense 3
fumble
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
*> Somebody ----s
*> Somebody ----s something
Sense 5
fumble
*> Somebody ----s something
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb fumble
5 senses of fumble
Sense 1
grope, fumble
> search, seek, look for
=> dredge, drag
=> finger
=> grope, fumble
=> divine
=> browse, surf
=> leave no stone unturned
=> hunt
=> gather
=> want
=> scour
=> seek out
=> quest for, go after, quest after, pursue
=> fish, angle
=> grub
=> feel
=> shop, browse
Sense 2
fumble, blunder
> pass, go through, go across
=> break through, crack
=> squeak by, squeak through
=> transit
=> traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
=> infiltrate, pass through
=> run
=> transit, pass through, move through, pass across, pass over
=> cut
=> crash
=> muscle
=> transgress, trespass, overstep
=> negotiate
=> lock
=> make, work
=> cycle
=> fumble, blunder
Sense 3
fumble
> handle, palm
=> field
=> fumble
=> manipulate
=> manhandle
Sense 4
botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
> fail, go wrong, miscarry
=> take it on the chin
=> miss
=> overreach
=> botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
=> strike out
=> fall
=> shipwreck
=> fall through, fall flat, founder, flop
Sense 5
fumble
> play
=> line up
=> curl
=> snooker
=> revoke
=> develop
=> develop
=> die
=> misplay
=> start
=> fumble
=> volley
=> unblock
=> replay
=> cricket
=> backstop
=> fullback
=> quarterback
=> cradle
=> exit
=> play out
=> field
=> catch
=> face off, bully off
=> tee off
=> ace
=> complete, nail
=> gamble
=> walk
=> bowl
=> golf
=> bandy
=> foul
=> put out
=> croquet
=> putt
=> teeter-totter, teetertotter, seesaw
=> bid, call
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb fumble
Sense 1
grope, fumble
=> search, seek, look for
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Sense 2
fumble, blunder
=> pass, go through, go across
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Sense 3
fumble
=> handle, palm
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Sense 4
botch, bodge, bumble, fumble, botch up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil, muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul up, mess up, fuck up
=> fail, go wrong, miscarry
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Sense 5
fumble
=> play
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Grep of verb fumble
fumble
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