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# fumble

verb (fumble, fumbles, fumbled, fumbling)

«fumble» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To fumble is to handle something clumsily with the hands, often in the dark or in a hurry. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fumble/#m1)
2. To fumble can mean to search about clumsily for something. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fumble/#m2)

### In the lessons

in stories, a character using clumsy hands to put on shoes, undo a button or find a door

### Examples

- Tom fumbled with the button. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fumble/#x1)
- She fumbled in her bag for the key. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fumble/#x2)
- He fumbled about in the dark until he found the door. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fumble/#x3)

### Note

nothing for maths

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «fumble» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/fumble/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«fumble» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/fumble.html) on Mova free.