fumble
English Thesaurus
1. (sports) dropping the ball (noun.act)
| domain category | : | american football, american football game, |
| definition | : | a game played by two teams of 11 players on a rectangular field 100 yards long; teams try to get possession of the ball and advance it across the opponents goal line in a series of (running or passing) plays (noun.act) |
| domain category | : | baseball, baseball game, |
| definition | : | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs (noun.act) |
2. drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder (verb.competition)
| hypernym | : | play, |
| definition | : | participate in games or sport (verb.competition) |
| domain category | : | baseball, baseball game, |
| definition | : | a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs (noun.act) |
3. handle clumsily (verb.contact)
4. feel about uncertainly or blindly (verb.contact)
5. make one's way clumsily or blindly (verb.motion)
| hypernym | : | go across, go through, pass, |
| definition | : | go across or through (verb.motion) |
6. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (verb.social)
7. (sports) dropping the ball (noun.act)
| derivation | : | fumble, |
| definition | : | drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder (verb.competition) |
| derivation | : | muff, |
| definition | : | fail to catch, as of a ball (verb.social) |
8. drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder (verb.competition)
9. feel about uncertainly or blindly (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | grope, |
| definition | : | the act of groping; and instance of groping (noun.act) |
10. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (verb.social)
| derivation | : | fluff, |
| definition | : | a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | screwup, |
| definition | : | the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation (noun.act) |
11. (sports) dropping the ball (noun.act)
| derivation | : | fumble, |
| definition | : | drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder (verb.competition) |
| derivation | : | muff, |
| definition | : | fail to catch, as of a ball (verb.social) |
12. drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder (verb.competition)
13. feel about uncertainly or blindly (verb.contact)
| derivation | : | grope, |
| definition | : | the act of groping; and instance of groping (noun.act) |
14. make a mess of, destroy or ruin (verb.social)
| derivation | : | fluff, |
| definition | : | a blunder (especially an actor's forgetting the lines) (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | screwup, |
| definition | : | the complete mismanagement or mishandling of a situation (noun.act) |
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