fumbled
Mishandled under pressure
Fumbled is the past tense of fumble, meaning to handle something clumsily or fail to hold onto it securely.
A receiver fumbles when the ball slips from their grasp; you fumble for your keys in the dark.
Figuratively, to fumble is to bungle or mishandle: He fumbled the announcement and confused everyone.
Clumsy dropper of things
- muffedFailed to handle properly
- mishandledManaged incompetently
- droppedLet fall downward
- bobbledMishandled briefly
bungled · botched · flubbed · slipped · stumbled · juggled · grasped · groped
Sales volume or attrition
- interceptionSeizing something in transit
- droppedLet fall downward
- muffedFailed to handle properly
- handoffDirect physical exchange
snap · loose ball · recovery · possession · pigskin · gridiron · quarterback · receiver
Felt about blindly
- rummagedSearched by displacing items
- searchedLooked for systematically
- felt aroundSearched using touch
- pattedTouched lightly, repeatedly
reached · fished · dug · scrambled · grasped · blindly · pockets · darkness
Foolish, costly mistake
- errorFault in communication
- gaffeClumsy social error
- slip-upSmall unintended error
- misstepError in action or judgment
oversight · miscue · flub · goof · lapse · botch · bungle · snafu
Spoke with involuntary repetitions
- stutteredSpoke with involuntary repetitions
- mumbledSpoke indistinctly
- stumbledLost balance while walking
- garbledConfused and unintelligible
tongue-tied · halting · hesitant · faltered · rambling · incoherent · inarticulate · spluttered
butterfingers
Clumsy dropper of things
- muffedFailed to handle properly
- mishandledManaged incompetently
- droppedLet fall downward
bobbled · bungled · botched · flubbed · slipped · stumbled · juggled · grasped · groped · pawed
turnover
Sales volume or attrition
- interceptionSeizing something in transit
- droppedLet fall downward
- muffedFailed to handle properly
handoff · snap · loose ball · recovery · possession · pigskin · gridiron · quarterback · receiver · football
groped
Felt about blindly
- rummagedSearched by displacing items
- searchedLooked for systematically
- felt aroundSearched using touch
patted · reached · fished · dug · scrambled · grasped · blindly · pockets · darkness · keys
blunder
Foolish, costly mistake
misstep · oversight · miscue · flub · goof · lapse · botch · bungle · snafu · screwup
stammered
Spoke with involuntary repetitions
- stutteredSpoke with involuntary repetitions
- mumbledSpoke indistinctly
- stumbledLost balance while walking
garbled · tongue-tied · halting · hesitant · faltered · rambling · incoherent · inarticulate · spluttered · lost train of thought
- fumbled the bagSquandered a sure thing
- fumble the ball
- fumble the bagWaste a certain opportunity
- fumbling the bagFailing when victory's near
- fumble recoveryGaining possession after mishandle
- forced fumblesDefensive turnovers caused deliberately
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