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fumble

Letters that make fumble

b, e, f, l, m, u are letters that make 'fumble'

Words within fumble

MB, Mb, LE are words within 'fumble'

Words created by adding a letter to the beginning or end of fumble

fumbler, fumbled, fumbles are words created by adding a letter to 'fumble'

fumble is a 6 letter word ending with e
fumble is a 6 letter word starting with f

6 possible definitions for 'fumble'

Fumble as "drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder"

Under this definition, fumble is a verb and has the following properties:

fumble as a type

'fumble' can be a type of play.

fumble as a category

'fumble' can be a category of baseball, baseball game.

Derivatives of fumble

fumble, muff are derivatives of 'fumble'.

Example of fumble used within this context

"fumble a grounder"

Fumble as "handle clumsily"

Under this definition, fumble is a verb and has the following properties:

fumble as a type

'fumble' can be a type of handle, palm.

Fumble as "feel about uncertainly or blindly"

Under this definition, fumble is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

grope has the same meaning as fumble

fumble as a type

'fumble' can be a type of look for, search, seek.

Derivatives of fumble

grope is a derivative of fumble.

Fumble as "make one's way clumsily or blindly"

Under this definition, fumble is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

blunder has the same meaning as fumble

fumble as a type

'fumble' can be a type of go across, go through, pass.

Example of fumble used within this context

"He fumbled towards the door"

Fumble as "make a mess of, destroy or ruin"

Under this definition, fumble is a verb and has the following properties:

Synonyms

screw up, mess up, botch, bodge, botch up, ball up, muck up, bollix, bollocks up, louse up, foul up, fuck up, fluff, bumble, spoil, blow, mishandle, bollix up, bollocks, muff, bobble, bungle, flub have the same meaning as 'fumble'

fumble as a type

'fumble' can be a type of miscarry, go wrong, fail.

Derivatives of fumble

spoil, bungler, blunderer, bumbler, stumbler, sad sack, botcher, butcher, fumbler, fluff, botch, blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, boner, boo-boo, ballup, balls-up, cockup, mess-up, screwup, spoiling, spoilage are derivatives of 'fumble'.

Fumble as "(sports) dropping the ball"

Under this definition, fumble is a noun and has the following properties:

Synonyms

muff has the same meaning as fumble

fumble as a type

'fumble' can be a type of botch, blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, boner, boo-boo.

fumble as a category

'fumble' can be a category of American football, American football game, baseball, baseball game.

Derivatives of fumble

fumble, muff are derivatives of 'fumble'.