Английский Этимологический словарь - fumble
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Fumble
fumble
- c.1450, possibly from O.N. falma "to fumble, grope."
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1.
~ v 1 to hold or try and move something with your hands carelessly or awkwardly + for/with (Steve fumbled drunkenly with the keys, dropping them on the floor.) 2 I + for/with if you fumble with your words when you are speaking, you have difficulty saying something 3 AmE to drop a ball after catching it - fumble n ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
2.
(fumbles, fumbling, fumbled) 1. If you fumble for something or fumble with something, you try and reach for it or hold it in a clumsy way. She crept from the bed and fumbled for her dressing gown... VERB: V for/with/in n 2. When you are trying to say something, if you fumble for the right words, you speak in a clumsy and unclear way. I fumbled for something to say... He fumbled his lines, not knowing what he was going to say. VERB: V for n, V n, also V ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
3.
I. verb (~d; fumbling) Etymology: probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Swedish fumla to ~ Date: 1534 intransitive verb 1. a. to grope for or handle something clumsily or aimlessly b. to make awkward attempts to do or find something ~d in his pocket for a coin c. to search by trial and error d. blunder 2. to feel one's way or move awkwardly 3. a. to drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder b. to lose hold of a football while handling or running with it transitive verb 1. to bring about by clumsy manipulation 2. a. to feel or handle clumsily b. to deal with in a blundering way ; bungle 3. to make (one's way) in a clumsy manner 4. a. misplay ~ a grounder b. to lose hold of (a football) while handling or running • ~r noun • fumblingly adverb II. noun Date: 1634 1. an act or instance of fumbling 2. a ~d ball ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
4.
v. & n. --v. 1 intr. (often foll. by at, with, for, after) use the hands awkwardly, grope about. 2 tr. a handle or deal with clumsily or nervously. b Sport fail to stop (a ball) cleanly. --n. an act of fumbling. Derivatives fumbler n. fumblingly adv. Etymology: LG fummeln, fommeln, Du. fommelen ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
5.
1. неуклюжее, неловкое обращение (с чем-л) 2. нащупывать; шарить to fumble in one's pocket for a pen —- шарить у себя в кармане в поисках ручки 3. неловко, неумело обращаться (с чем-л) to fumble with a lock —- возиться с замком to fumble at a knot —- безуспешно пытаться развязать узел 4. спорт. промахнуться, не ударить (по мячу); не остановить мяч 5. мять, вертеть в руках to fumble with one's scarf —- теребить шарф 6. бормотать to fumble excuses —- пробормотать что-то в свое оправдание to fumble for the right word —- с трудом подбирать нужное слово ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
6.
v. 1) нащупывать (for, after) to fumble in ones purse - рыться в (своем) кошельке 2) неумело обращаться с чем-л. (with) I was fumbling with the key as I couldnt see where the lock was in the dark. 3) вертеть, мять в руках ...Англо-русский словарь
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