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What (who) is fumble - definition
Fumble
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IN AMERICAN AND CANADIAN FOOTBALL, WHEN A PLAYER WHO HAS POSSESSION AND CONTROL OF THE BALL LOSES IT BEFORE BEING DOWNED (TACKLED) OR SCORING
Fumbles; Ball security; Forced Fumble (American football); Fumble (American football); Forced fumbles; Fumbled; Ball Security; Forced Fumbles; Fumble recovery; Forced fumble
·vi To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
II. Fumble ·vt To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together.
III. Fumble ·vi To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.
fumble
IN AMERICAN AND CANADIAN FOOTBALL, WHEN A PLAYER WHO HAS POSSESSION AND CONTROL OF THE BALL LOSES IT BEFORE BEING DOWNED (TACKLED) OR SCORING
Fumbles; Ball security; Forced Fumble (American football); Fumble (American football); Forced fumbles; Fumbled; Ball Security; Forced Fumbles; Fumble recovery; Forced fumble
v. n.
1.
Feel about (awkwardly or childishly).
2.
Grope, grope about, stumble, bungle, make awkward attempts, search to no purpose.
3.
Mumble, stammer, stutter, stumble in speech.
fumble
IN AMERICAN AND CANADIAN FOOTBALL, WHEN A PLAYER WHO HAS POSSESSION AND CONTROL OF THE BALL LOSES IT BEFORE BEING DOWNED (TACKLED) OR SCORING
Fumbles; Ball security; Forced Fumble (American football); Fumble (American football); Forced fumbles; Fumbled; Ball Security; Forced Fumbles; Fumble recovery; Forced fumble
¦ verb
1. use the hands clumsily while doing or handling something.
(fumble about/around) move about clumsily using the hands to find one's way.
(in ball games) fail to catch or field (the ball) cleanly.
2. express oneself or deal with something clumsily or nervously.
¦ noun an act of fumbling.
?informal an act of fondling someone for sexual pleasure.
Derivatives
fumbler noun
fumbling adjective
fumblingly adverb
Origin
ME: from Low Ger. fommeln or Du. fommelen.
Wikipedia
Fumble
A fumble in gridiron football occurs when a player who has possession and control of the ball loses it before being downed (tackled), scoring, or going out of bounds. By rule, it is any act other than passing, kicking, punting, or successful handing that results in loss of ball possession by a player.
Examples of use of fumble
1. "We cannot fumble the ball," warned Jeff Sessions, R–Alabama.
2. Spell a word correctly and advance to the next round; fumble and the bell tolls.
3. China experts say that only a major fumble could wreck Xi‘s ascent.
4. Some Republicans have been thanking Feingold for what they consider a political fumble.
5. Only Strauss‘s fumble in the slips prevented Sajid Mahmood from joining the club.