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fumblenoun an unintentional departure from truth or accuracyplayed the entire piano piece without a single fumble blunder, bobble, boo-boo, boob(British), brick, clanger(British), clinker, error, fault, flub, fluff, gaff, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, screwup, slip, slipup, stumble, trip bloomer, blooper, boner, howler, pratfallfoul-up, snafumisapprehension, miscalculation, miscomprehension, misconception, misconstruction, misdescription, misimpression, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, misstatement, misunderstanding accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, strictnessinerrancy, infallibility, perfection fumbleverbto make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful wayher assistant fumbled the party plans by getting the time wrong on the invitations blow, bobble, boggle, bollix (up), boot, botch, bugger (up), bumble, bungle, butcher, dub, flub, fluff, foozle, foul up, goof (up), louse up, mangle, mess (up), muck up, muff, murder, screw up blunder, gum (up), muddle, piffleblemish, blight, damage, flaw, harm, hurt, impair, injure, mar, mutilate, ruin, spoil, vitiatedestroy, wreckmishandle, mismanage ameliorate, better, enhance, help, improve, meliorate, rectify, refine, reform, remedydoctor, fix, patch, recondition, renovate, repair, revamp to search for something blindly or uncertainlythe librarian fumbled for the light switch as she entered the dark room feel, fish, grope, scrabble grabblecast about, hunt, look, reach, seek (out)capture, clutch, corral, get, grab, nab, nail, seize, snatchcomb, dig (through), dredge, rake, ransack, rifle, rummage, scour to make a mistakejust when it looked like he was going to get away with the ruse, he fumbled blunder, boob(British), err, flub, fluff, foul up, goof (up), louse up, mess (up), screw up, slip up, stumble, trip nodbobble, botch, bungle, butcher, foozle, mangle, mishandle, muff, murdermiscalculate, misconceive, miscount, miscue, misdeem, misgauge, misjudge, mistakemisconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand drop the ball, lay an egg in 1534 |