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How to pronounce “fumble”

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Pronunciation guide for fumble

Learning goal
Practice the English pronunciation of fumble with real speech in context.
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8 YouTube examples
Real speech example
Invisible AI, a Personal Time Machine and More: A Celebration of Creativity from the TED Conference 1小时45 minutes,compute why fumble for your phone when
Definition summary
(transitive, intransitive) To handle nervously or awkwardly.

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How to pronounce fumble

Invisible AI, a Personal Time Machine and More: A Celebration of Creativity from the TED Conference 1小时45 minutes,

compute why fumble for your phone when

Example Sentences

A Deep Dive Into “fumble”

Meaning

  • [Verb]
  • (transitive, intransitive) To handle nervously or awkwardly.
  • (transitive, intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something
  • (intransitive) To blunder uncertainly.
  • To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.
  • (transitive, intransitive, sports) To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident.
  • To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
  • (slang, obsolete) Of a man, to sexually underperform. [16th to 18th c.]
  • [Noun]
  • (sports, American football, Canadian football) A ball etc. that has been dropped by accident.

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