fumble around

fumble around
v. el yordamıyle aramak

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  • fumble — 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… …   English dictionary

  • fumble — 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… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • fumble — 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 …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • fumble — ► VERB 1) use the hands clumsily while doing or handling something. 2) (of the hands) do or handle something clumsily. 3) (fumble about/around) move about clumsily using the hands to find one s way. 4) express oneself or deal with something… …   English terms dictionary

  • Fumble — 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… …   Wikipedia

  • fumble — 1. verb 1) she fumbled for her keys Syn: grope, fish, search blindly, scrabble around 2) he fumbled about in the dark Syn: stumble, blunder, flounder, lumber, stagger, totter, lurch; …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • fumble about/around — move about clumsily using the hands to find one s way. → fumble …   English new terms dictionary

  • fumble — verb 1》 use the hands clumsily while doing or handling something.     ↘(fumble about/around) move about clumsily using the hands to find one s way.     ↘(in ball games) fail to catch or field (the ball) cleanly. 2》 express oneself or deal with… …   English new terms dictionary

  • fumble — Synonyms and related words: bad job, ball up, be all thumbs, beat about, bevue, blow, blunder, blunder away, blunder into, blunder on, blunder upon, bobble, boggle, bollix, bollix up, bonehead play, boner, boo boo, botch, bumble, bungle, butcher …   Moby Thesaurus

  • fumble — v 1. grope, grabble, search or feel about, search blindly or uncertainly; feel one s way, tiptoe, walk on eggs; flounder, stumble, stumble around. 2. blunder, miss, err, Inf. drop the ball, Inf. bobble; muff, bungle, botch, mismanage, boggle,… …   A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • End-around — The end around is a play in American Football in which a wide receiver crosses the backfield towards the opposite end of the line and receives a handoff directly from the quarterback. The receiver then may proceed to do one of two things: he… …   Wikipedia

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