fumble
verb [I usually + adv/prep] (DO STH AWKWARDLY) /ˈfʌm.bl̩/Definition
› to do something awkwardly, especially when using your hands: I fumbled with the lock. He fumbled in his pockets for some change. She fumbled around/about in her handbag, looking for her key. They fumbled around/about (= moved awkwardly) in the dark, trying to find their way out of the cinema.Inability and awkwardness
(Definition of fumble verb (DO STH AWKWARDLY) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accident-prone adjective
- all (fingers and) thumbs idiom
- amateurish adjective
- at your worst idiom
- awkward adjective (MOVEMENT)
- couldn't organize a piss-up in a brewery idiom
- cowboy noun (DISHONEST PERSON)
- for toffee idiom
- gauche adjective
- geek noun
- inept adjective
- inexpert adjective
- jack-of-all-trades, master of none idiom
- like a bull in a china shop idiom
- lumpish adjective
- uncoordinated adjective
- unequal adjective (NOT ABLE)
- ungainly adjective
- unskilled adjective
- woodenly adverb
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Inability and awkwardness
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