fumbling
Meaning of fumbling
verb
- To handle nervously or awkwardly.
He fumbled the key into the lock.
- To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
He fumbled for his keys.
- To blunder uncertainly.
He fumbled through his prepared speech.
- To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.
to fumble for an excuse
- To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident.
- To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
noun
An instance of clumsiness, especially of the hands or fingers.
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Hyphenation of fumbling
fum-bling
- It consists of 2 syllables and 8 chars.
- fumbling is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
fumbling synonyms
Meaning bungling:
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