fumbling

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Definitions

v.无主动词 verb

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fum·bled, fum·bling.
- : to feel or grope about clumsily: She fumbled in her purse for the keys.
- : Sports. to fumble the ball.

v.有主动词 verb

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fum·bled, fum·bling.
- : to make, handle, etc., clumsily or inefficiently: to fumble an attempt; He fumbled his way through the crowded room.
- : Sports. to fail to hold or maintain hold on after having touched it or carried it.

n.名词 noun

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- : the act of fumbling: We completed the difficult experiment without a fumble.
- :

verbbumble, mess up

Synonyms

Officials originally ruled the play a turnover on a fumble lost by Drake.
The Buccaneers generated a turnover to begin the second half, knocking the football from Drew Brees’s hand in the pocket before his arm started forward for a fumble.
The Ravens’ other touchdown came on a pivotal, 65-yard fumble return by the Ravens’ Chuck Clark, after Indianapolis had scored first while Baltimore’s offense struggled out of the gate against the Colts’ second-ranked defense.
Washington quarterback Kyle Allen passed for 280 yards and two touchdowns against the Giants in Week 6, but he also committed a pair of turnovers, including a fumble that was returned for the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter.
Recovering fumbles isn’t a skill, but some teams, such as the Dallas Cowboys, have lost out on almost eight points per game after accounting for when and where the fumble takes place.
Huckabee framed the situation this way: “We are fumbling on multiple fronts.”
Season one of OITNB chronicled her clumsy, fumbling attempts to get her legs under her so she could run for safety.
By fumbling that final big decision, Ferguson may have tarnished his legacy forever.
But on the IRS story, there was systematic "fumbling" in the West Wing.
Fumbling over the words, he shouts, “This goddammed stutter!”
And just as I came up I saw Mrs. Maloney, marvellously attired, fumbling with a lantern.
She had opened the drawer of her deskthe top right-hand drawerand was in it.

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v.无主动词 verb

1
fum·bled, fum·bling.
- : to feel or grope about clumsily: She fumbled in her purse for the keys.
- : Sports. to fumble the ball.

v.有主动词 verb

1
fum·bled, fum·bling.
- : to make, handle, etc., clumsily or inefficiently: to fumble an attempt; He fumbled his way through the crowded room.
- : Sports. to fail to hold or maintain hold on after having touched it or carried it.

n.名词 noun

1
- : the act of fumbling: We completed the difficult experiment without a fumble.
- :

verbbumble, mess up

Synonyms

Officials originally ruled the play a turnover on a fumble lost by Drake.
The Buccaneers generated a turnover to begin the second half, knocking the football from Drew Brees’s hand in the pocket before his arm started forward for a fumble.
The Ravens’ other touchdown came on a pivotal, 65-yard fumble return by the Ravens’ Chuck Clark, after Indianapolis had scored first while Baltimore’s offense struggled out of the gate against the Colts’ second-ranked defense.
Washington quarterback Kyle Allen passed for 280 yards and two touchdowns against the Giants in Week 6, but he also committed a pair of turnovers, including a fumble that was returned for the go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter.
Recovering fumbles isn’t a skill, but some teams, such as the Dallas Cowboys, have lost out on almost eight points per game after accounting for when and where the fumble takes place.
Huckabee framed the situation this way: “We are fumbling on multiple fronts.”
Season one of OITNB chronicled her clumsy, fumbling attempts to get her legs under her so she could run for safety.
By fumbling that final big decision, Ferguson may have tarnished his legacy forever.
But on the IRS story, there was systematic "fumbling" in the West Wing.
Fumbling over the words, he shouts, “This goddammed stutter!”
And just as I came up I saw Mrs. Maloney, marvellously attired, fumbling with a lantern.
She had opened the drawer of her deskthe top right-hand drawerand was in it.