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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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friggle
English
Etymology
From frig +? -le (frequentative suffix).
Verb
friggle (third-person singular simple present friggles, present participle friggling, simple past and past participle friggled)
- (rare, intransitive) To wriggle.
- (rare, intransitive) To fiddle, fumble.
References
[1] (he writhed and friggled), [2] (friggle with a wrench), [3] (friggling like a pelican)
Anagrams
- fligger
friggle From the web:
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- meaning wriggle
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