FUMBLING

bungling, clumsy, fumbling, incompetent

(adjective) showing lack of skill or aptitude; “a bungling workman”; “did a clumsy job”; “his fumbling attempt to put up a shelf”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Verb

fumbling

present participle of fumble

Noun

fumbling (plural fumblings)

An instance of clumsiness, especially of the hands or fingers.

Source: Wiktionary


FUMBLE

Fum"ble, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Fumbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Fumbling.] Etym: [Akin to D. fommelen to crumple, fumble, Sw. fumla to fusuble, famla to grope, Dan. famle to grope, fumble, Icel. falme, AS. folm palm of the hand. See Feel, and cf. Fanble, Palm.]

1. To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something. Adams now began to fumble in his pockets. Fielding.

2. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse. Dryden. My understanding flutters and my memory fumbles. Chesterfield. Alas! how he fumbles about the domains. Wordsworth.

3. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over. I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers. Shak.

Fum"ble, v. t.

Definition: To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards


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