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fumble
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?f?mb?l/
- Rhymes: -?mb?l
Etymology 1
Late Middle English, from Low German fommeln or Dutch fommelen.
Or, perhaps from a Scandinavian/North Germanic source; compare Old Norse fálma, Swedish fumla, Danish fumle, German fummeln.
The ultimate origin for either could perhaps be imitative of fumbling. Or, from Proto-Indo-European *pal- (“to shake, swing”), see also Latin palpo (“I pat, touch softly”), and possibly Proto-West Germanic *f?lijan (“to feel”).
Verb
fumble (third-person singular simple present fumbles, present participle fumbling, simple past and past participle fumbled)
- (transitive, intransitive) To handle nervously or awkwardly.
- (transitive, intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
- 1742, Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews
- Adams now began to fumble in his pockets.}}
- 1742, Henry Fielding, Joseph Andrews
- (intransitive) To blunder uncertainly.
- To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.
- (transitive, intransitive, sports) To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident.
- To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
Synonyms
- (grope awkwardly): grubble, poke; see also Thesaurus:feel around
Translations
Noun
fumble (plural fumbles)
- (sports, American football, Canadian football) A ball etc. that has been dropped by accident.
Translations
Etymology 2
Blend of fool +? crumble.
Noun
fumble (plural fumbles)
- (Britain) A dessert similar to a cross between a fool and a crumble.
Further reading
- fumble on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
References
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bumble
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?b?mb?l/
- Rhymes: -?mb?l
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeia. Compare bungle, jumble, and fumble.
Noun
bumble (plural bumbles)
- A confusion; a jumble.
Verb
bumble (third-person singular simple present bumbles, present participle bumbling, simple past and past participle bumbled)
- To act in an inept, clumsy or inexpert manner; to make mistakes.
Translations
Derived terms
- Bumblefuck
Related terms
- bungle
- fumble
- jumble
Etymology 2
- Verb: Frequentative of boom and/or bum, equivalent to bum +? -le.
- Noun: From the verb.
Verb
bumble (third-person singular simple present bumbles, present participle bumbling, simple past and past participle bumbled)
- (intransitive) To boom, as a bittern; to buzz, as a fly.
Related terms
- bumble-bee
Noun
bumble (plural bumbles)
- A bumble-bee.
- (Britain, dialect) The bittern.
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