English Dictionary

fumble

IPA（発音記号）

/ˈfʌmbəl/

動詞

自動詞 他動詞 廃用 俗語

(transitive, intransitive) To handle nervously or awkwardly. / (transitive, intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something / (intransitive) To blunder uncertainly.

日本語の意味

（不器用に、ぎこちなく）扱う、もじもじする / （何かを探すために）手探りで探す、あやふやに探す / （がたつくように、不確かに）失敗する、へまをする

She fumbled with her phone as she tried to unlock it in the dark.

彼女は暗闇でロックを解除しようとして、携帯電話をぎこちなく扱った。

意味（1）

(transitive, intransitive) To handle nervously or awkwardly.

Waiting for the interview, he fumbled with his tie.

意味（2）

(transitive, intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something

He fumbled for his keys.

意味（3）

(intransitive) To blunder uncertainly.

He fumbled through his prepared speech.

意味（4）

To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.

to fumble for an excuse

意味（5）

(transitive, intransitive, sports) To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident.

Henderson's best strike on goal saw goalkeeper Kingson uncomfortably fumble his measured shot around the post.

意味（6）

To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.

I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers.

意味（7）

(slang, obsolete) Of a man, to sexually underperform.

fumbles （ present singular third-person ）

fumbling （ participle present ）

fumbled （ participle past ）

fumbled （ past ）