fumbling

Meanings

• verb

  Stumbling or bumbling about clumsily or ineptly.

  - "During the game, the player was fumbling with the ball."
  - "The chef was fumbling in the kitchen, dropping ingredients."

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Rhymes

Words rhyming with fumbling
tumbling , stumbling , gumbling

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Variants

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fumble , fumbled , fumbler , fumblers , fumbles , fumbling , fumblingly

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Forms

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fumbles, fumbled, fumblingly

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Etymology

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From Old English 'fumbian', meaning 'to feel or grope'.

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Trivia

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1. The term 'fumble' is also used in American football to describe a player's inability to securely hold onto the ball.

2. In the movie 'The Fumbling Philosopher', the main character is a bumbling professor who often stumbles over his words.

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Related Concepts

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1. Clumsiness: A lack of skill or coordination, often leading to accidents or mistakes.

2. Ineptitude: Lack of competence or ability to perform a task effectively.

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Culture

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In literature, 'fumbling' is often used to describe a character's ineptitude or clumsiness, such as in James Joyce's 'Ulysses'. In music, there is a jazz standard called 'Fumble'.

How to Memorize "fumbling"

1. visualize
   

   - Imagine someone dropping things or tripping over their feet while trying to do something.

2. associate
   

   - Associate the word with the image of someone clumsily handling an object.

3. mnemonics
   

   - Create a mental image of the letter 'F' stumbling or fumbling.

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