FUMBLE
Scrabble letter values: F4U1M3B3L1E1 = 13
Definition
- noun (sports) dropping the ball. — synonyms: muff
- verb feel about uncertainly or blindly. — synonyms: grope
- verb make one's way clumsily or blindly. — synonyms: blunder
- verb handle clumsily.
- verb make a mess of, destroy or ruin. — synonyms: botch, bodge, bumble, botch_up, muff, blow, flub, screw_up
- verb drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder.
Examples
- “She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom”
- “He fumbled towards the door”
- “I botched the dinner and we had to eat out”