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fumble::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil |
| Type of | fail, go wrong, miscarry |
| Derivation | fumbler |
Examples of fumble
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In two playoff games, he has seven solo tackles, one sack and one forced fumble.
From the tennessean.com
It began late last year when a Senate fumble forced a break in the tax for 2010.
From the online.wsj.com
One big blitz and a controversial fumble later, the game was almost out of hand.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
On a second-and-20 from the 38, Urlacher forced a fumble following 12-yard pass.
From the suntimes.com
King's fumble, with his team in field goal range, iced a 29-27 loss at Colorado.
From the kentucky.com
On De Soto's first OT possession, the Panthers forced a fumble and recovered it.
From the stltoday.com
It's set up to bend and make the offense break with a fumble or an interception.
From the suntimes.com
He forced a fumble by hitting Gross on a keeper at the South Elgin 26-yard line.
From the dailyherald.com
No doubt Sooner fans will gripe about the critical fumble in the second quarter.
From the omaha.com
- (sports) dropping the ball
- Grope: feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"
- Make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door"
- Handle clumsily
- Botch: make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
- Drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder"
- (fumbling) bungling: showing lack of skill or aptitude; "a bungling workman"; "did a clumsy job"; "his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf"
- A fumble in American and Canadian football occurs when a player, who has possession and control of the ball loses it. By rule, it is any act other than passing, kicking or successful handing that results in loss of player possession. ...
- Fumble is the fifth and final studio album by American hardcore band Scream, recorded December 1989 at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia, and released in July 1993 through Dischord. ...
