Search for crossword answers and clues
Dropping the ball (in baseball or football)
Answer for the clue "Dropping the ball (in baseball or football) ", 6 letters:
fumble
Alternative clues for the word fumble
Word definitions for fumble in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Fumble \Fum"ble\, v. t. To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together. --Shak.
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., "handle clumsily," possibly from Old Norse falma "to fumble, grope." Similar words in Scandinavian and North Sea Germanic (Swedish fumla ; Dutch fommelen ) suggest onomatopoeia from a sound felt to indicate clumsiness (compare bumble , stumble ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Fumble is the fifth and final studio album by American hardcore band Scream , recorded December 1989 at Inner Ear Studios in Arlington, Virginia , and released in July 1993 through Dischord . It is notable for showcasing the band's expansion in style, towards ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. (sports) dropping the ball [syn: muff ]
Usage examples of fumble.
We were a strange procession -- Dem Ria and Dem Loa sweeping down the steep staircase ahead of me, then me carrying the flechette pistol and fumbling the rucksack on my back, then little Bin followed by his sister, Ces Ambre, then, carefully locking the trapdoor behind him, Alem Mikail Dem Alem.
And behind it all I saw the ineffable malignity of primordial necromancy, black and amorphous, and fumbling greedily after me in the darkness to choke out the spirit that had dared to mock it by emulation.
A conclusion that sent Harold Smith scrambling for his green wastebasket and fumbling to his desktop an assortment of aspirins, antacids and other remedies.
They felt the slow, painful growth of the artist, the fumbling toward maturity of expression, the upheaval that had taken place in Paris, the passionate outburst of his powerful voice in Arles, which caught up all the strands of his years of labour.
They were chaffing her bawdily, one fumbling after her breasts, as the great wooden wheels rumbled by.
She bent forward and fumbled with a blue fishnet, down around what would have beien the floor of the cabin.
Still blindfolded, I fumbled with my swollen, numb fingers to find my cock.
His blunderbuss was underneath the borrowed overalls, and he had no time to fumble for it before his opponent had pounced on him and caught his throat in a deadly grip.
He fumbled with two fingers in the breast pocket of his warmsuit, felt the small booklet he had made up before leaving and pulled it out.
To cover the lapse he fumbled in his pocket, got out a cigarillo, and lit it.
Cal back down with the leather coat stuffed between his teeth, while Hazel fumbled with the straps beneath the colander to keep it in place.
As soon as we were alone I fell on the cruet, and, after a nerve-racking fumble, unearthed the syringe.
Querida watched Derk nervously fumbling for sugar and wondered what all the dogs were barking about in the distance.
After fumbling in his pocket, Dex produced a ring heavy with jingling keys.
Murcielago fumbled for something under his blanket, and Dowdy glanced back and forth between Richard and Lisa.