Don't fumble with anything during an interview.
Source: tatoeba (5638190)
Fumble
//ˈfʌmbəl//
Synonyms for "fumble" (124 found)
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12 entriesTranslations
78 translations across 23 languages.
Assamese
2 entries- খেপিওৱা verb (to handle nervously or awkwardly)
- খেপিওৱা verb (to grope awkwardly in trying to find something)
Bulgarian
3 entries- бърникам verb (to handle nervously or awkwardly)
- изпускам verb (to drop a ball or a baton etc)
- тършувам verb (to grope awkwardly in trying to find something)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 摸索 verb (to handle nervously or awkwardly)
Danish
1 entries- fumle verb (to handle nervously or awkwardly)
Esperanto
1 entries- fuŝpalpi verb (to handle nervously or awkwardly)
Finnish
4 entries- hamuilla verb (to handle nervously or awkwardly)
- hamuilla verb (to grope awkwardly in trying to find something)
- hapuilla verb (to handle nervously or awkwardly)
- hapuilla verb (to grope awkwardly in trying to find something)
French
2 entries- tripoter verb (to handle nervously or awkwardly)
- tâtonner verb (to grope awkwardly in trying to find something)
Galician
1 entries- tentar verb (to handle nervously or awkwardly)
German
3 entries- Fumble noun (ball that has been dropped)
- fummeln verb (to handle nervously or awkwardly)
- patzen verb (to drop a ball or a baton etc)
Hungarian
4 entries- akadozik verb (to blunder uncertainly)
- babrál verb (to handle nervously or awkwardly)
- dadog verb (to blunder uncertainly)
- elejt verb (to drop a ball or a baton etc)
Icelandic
1 entries- fálma verb (to grope awkwardly in trying to find something)
Indonesian
1 entries- meraba-raba verb (to grope awkwardly in trying to find something)
Italian
4 entries- annaspare verb (to grope awkwardly in trying to find something)
- armeggiare verb (to handle nervously or awkwardly)
- balbettare verb (to blunder uncertainly)
- farfugliare verb (to blunder uncertainly)
Japanese
2 entries- いじり回す verb (to handle nervously or awkwardly)
- 探り回す verb (to grope awkwardly in trying to find something)
Kabuverdianu
2 entries- palpa verb (to grope awkwardly in trying to find something)
- palpá verb (to grope awkwardly in trying to find something)
Māori
4 entries- hārau verb (to grope awkwardly in trying to find something)
- ninipa verb (to blunder uncertainly)
- pakihawa verb (to handle nervously or awkwardly)
- pakihawa verb (to blunder uncertainly)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- fomle verb (to handle nervously or awkwardly)
Polish
1 entries- szperać verb (to grope awkwardly in trying to find something)
Russian
4 entries- мя́млить verb (to blunder uncertainly)
- мять verb (to handle nervously or awkwardly)
- нащу́пывать verb (to grope awkwardly in trying to find something)
- тереби́ть verb (to handle nervously or awkwardly)
Scots
3 entries- fummle verb (to handle nervously or awkwardly)
- fummle verb (to grope awkwardly in trying to find something)
- fummle verb (to blunder uncertainly)
Spanish
4 entries- cantar verb (to drop a ball or a baton etc)
- dejar caer verb (to drop a ball or a baton etc)
- escaparse verb (to drop a ball or a baton etc)
- manosear verb (to handle nervously or awkwardly)
Swedish
4 entries- famla verb (to grope awkwardly in trying to find something)
- fjockla verb (to handle nervously or awkwardly)
- fumla verb (to blunder uncertainly)
- fumla sig verb (to blunder uncertainly)
Ukrainian
1 entries- намацувати verb (to grope awkwardly in trying to find something)
Sample sentences
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But the fumble is a further blow to the military's credibility as it faces mounting criticism for its handling of the insurgency in the northeast.
Source: tatoeba (10960303)
Indianapolis got one last chance with the ball, but a fumble by a player ended any hopes for the team.
Source: tatoeba (10960337)
Waiting for the interview, he fumbled with his tie.
Source: wiktionary
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