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| Date: | 1500-1600 |
| Origin: | Probably from a Scandinavian language |
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1 also fumble around [intransitive and transitive] to try to hold, move, or find something with your hands in an awkward way 
She reached round to fumble the light on.
She reached round to fumble the light on.2 [intransitive and transitive] if you fumble with your words when you are speaking, you have difficulty saying something The second candidate fumbled her lines.
fumble for Asked for an explanation, Mike had fumbled for words.
Asked for an explanation, Mike had fumbled for words.The second candidate fumbled her lines.3 [intransitive and transitive]DS to drop a ball after catching it : Quarterback Rattay was hit and fumbled the ball.
Quarterback Rattay was hit and fumbled the ball. —fumble noun [countable]
—fumbling noun [countable]
