nnoun.act(sports) dropping the ballTopic:American footballAmerican football gameballbaseballbaseball game
Synset:muff
Derivationally Related Form:mufffumble
Hypernyms:bloomer blooper blunder boner boo-boo botch bungle flub foul-up fuckup pratfall
Inherited Hypernyms:fumbleblundermistakenonaccomplishmentacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
vverb.contactfeel about uncertainly or blindlySynset:grope
Examples:- She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom
Derivationally Related Form:grope
Hypernyms:look for search seek
Inherited Hypernyms:gropesearch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s | Somebody ---s PP
vverb.motionmake one's way clumsily or blindlySynset:blunder
Examples:- He fumbled towards the door
Hypernyms:pass
Inherited Hypernyms:fumblepasstravel
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.contacthandle clumsilyHypernyms:handle palm
Inherited Hypernyms:fumblehandletouch
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something
vverb.socialmake a mess of, destroy or ruinSynset:ball up blow bobble bodge bollix bollix up bollocks bollocks up botch botch up bumble bungle flub fluff foul up fuck up louse up mess up mishandle muck up muff screw up spoil
Examples:- I botched the dinner and we had to eat out
- the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
Derivationally Related Form:botcherbumblermess-upfluffspoilingspoilflubballupfuckupspoilagebunglerscrewupbotchfumblerbunglefoul-up
Hypernyms:fail go wrong miscarry
Inherited Hypernyms:botchfail
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something | Somebody ---s
vverb.competitiondrop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounderTopic:ballbaseballbaseball game
Derivationally Related Form:fumble
Hypernyms:play
Inherited Hypernyms:fumbleplaycompete
Sentence Frame:Somebody ---s something