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Definitions for Fumbler

[1] to feel or grope about clumsily: She fumbled in her purse for the keys.
[2] Sports . to fumble the ball.
[3] to make, handle, etc., clumsily or inefficiently: to fumble an attempt; He fumbled his way through the crowded room.
[4] Sports . to fail to hold or maintain hold on (a ball) after having touched it or carried it.
[5] the act of fumbling: We completed the difficult experiment without a fumble.
[6] Sports . an act or instance of fumbling the ball.
[7] (intr; often foll by for or with) to grope about clumsily or blindly, esp in searching he was fumbling in the dark for the money he had dropped
[8] (intr; foll by at or with) to finger or play with, esp in an absent-minded way
[9] to say or do hesitantly or awkwardly he fumbled the introduction badly
[10] to fail to catch or grasp (a ball, etc) cleanly
[11] the act of fumbling

Words related to Fumbler

fumbleflub, stumble, mishandle, botch, goof, fluff, err, flounder, mismanage, feel, grapple, spoil, grope, bungle, bollix, scrabble, misfield

Words nearby Fumbler

fumblefumaric, fumaric acid, fumarole, fumatorium, fumatory, fumble, fume, fume cupboard, fumed, fumet, fumeuse

Origin of Fumbler

1500–10; akin to Norwegian, Swedish fumla, Middle Low German fummeln to grope, fumble

Other words from Fumbler

fum·bler , noun
fum·bling·ly , adverb
fum·bling·ness , noun
out·fum·ble , verb (used with object), out·fum·bled, out·fum·bling.
un·fum·bled , adjective
un·fum·bling , adjective

Word origin for Fumbler

C16: probably of Scandinavian origin; related to Swedish fumla

Synonyms for Fumbler

blockhead, blunderer, bonehead, botcher, bumbler, butcher, butterfingers, clod, dolt, donkey, duffer, dunce, fool, foul-up, goofball, idiot, ignoramus, incompetent, klutz, numskull, spoiler, addlebrain, clumsy oaf, featherbrain, goof off, harebrain, mismanager, muddler, muffer, screw up