Definition of FUMBLING

fumbling

Meanings

Plural: fumblings

Verb

  • feel about uncertainly or blindly
  • make one's way clumsily or blindly
  • handle clumsily
  • make a mess of, destroy or ruin
  • drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder
  • present participle and gerund of fumble

Adjective Satellite

  • showing lack of skill or aptitude
    • "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"

Noun

  • An instance of clumsiness, especially of the hands or fingers.

Synonyms

ball up, blow, blunder, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, bungling, clumsy, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, grope, incompetent, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil

Scrabble Score: 16

fumbling is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL word
fumbling is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
fumbling is a valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary

Words With Friends Score: 22

fumbling is a valid Words With Friends word