(v. i.) To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.
(v. i.) To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse.
(v. i.) To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
(v. t.) To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together.
Example Sentences:
(1) Jesús Navas played a one-two with Touré down the right and from his awkward cross the England squad goalkeeper fumbled the ball inside his six-yard area from where Fernando scored with an overhead kick as dextrous as it was surprising.
(2) And it's very nearly a huge play to open the game, as return man Kyle Williams fumbles the ball as he gets hit ... but manages to recover it himself.
(3) Suddenly the game seemed to be slipping away from the Ravens, matters going from bad to worse as Ray Rice fumbled at the Baltimore 24.
(4) As City fumble their hold on the Premier League trophy, United's grip tightens.
(5) January 7, 2014 SEC Football (@SECfootball) That fumble was a very Heisman-like fumble.
(6) Lofts it into the box and Barthez fumbles, gathers, then releases Henry.
(7) Instagram in particular came to gain from Flickr’s fumble.
(8) When Kerry arrived in Paris, he rushed to warmly embrace the French president, but when Hollande went to give Kerry a typical French greeting ( une bise ), Kerry fumbled – and for a moment it looked like the two men were about to start french kissing for real.
(9) They go back to James a play later and he's in trouble, but spins into space before dropping the ball - FUMBLE!
(10) Another hostage, Joel Herat, screamed “He’s chasing us!” as Morton-Hoffman fumbled to open the main door.
(11) It began with a turnover, as Seahawks quarterback Russell Wilson fumbled away possession on the very first play, and effectively ended with one too, Smith’s interception killing San Francisco’s final comeback attempt with just 22 seconds left to play.
(12) 49ers 20-10 Panthers, 8:53, 3rd quarter Kaepernick fumbles on the next drive!
(13) They had started with a short field after Terrelle Thomas intercepted Terrelle Pryor, taking the ball back on a helter-skelter return which ended with the defender fumbling the ball at the Oakland five-yard line, only for officials to rule that he had been down by contact.
(14) US oil spill inquiry chief slams BP 11 November Ex-BP boss says when oil spill hit, BP was forced to make up disaster response as it went along Tony Hayward: Public saw us as 'fumbling and incompetent' 12 November Greenland wants upfront payment to cover major oil spills in wake of BP's Gulf of Mexico disaster Greenland wants $2bn bond from oil firms keen to drill in its Arctic waters 24 November Ken Feinberg expects to pay out only $2.3bn in emergency claims over Gulf of Mexico oil spill from $20bn fund Half of BP oil spill damages claims 'inadequate', says payout chief 25 November Tar balls discovered in shrimping net seven months after BP's Deepwater Horizon oil spill Section of Gulf of Mexico closed to shrimpers after tar balls found 15 December The US government files a suit against BP and several of its partners in the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.
(15) Having just praised the Saints for their cautious gameplan, it backfires spectacularly – Mark Ingram fumbling on a carry up the middle.
(16) It was as much as I could do to stop myself giggling as the bemused caller lost his thread and started fumbling for words.
(17) It would be fair to say that, over time, we fumbled into the cluster,” he adds.
(18) I guess you could make that link superficially, because I'm dark as well, and we're roughly the same age, and when she's fumbling around I can see why people might go there.
(19) Labour may promote more women, but more than one cabinet minister needed his women staff protected from slobbery kisses and aggressive fumblings.
(20) All payouts for specific performances in a game, including interceptions or causing fumbles, are against NFL rules.
Touch
Definition:
(v. t.) To come in contact with; to hit or strike lightly against; to extend the hand, foot, or the like, so as to reach or rest on.
(v. t.) To perceive by the sense of feeling.
(v. t.) To come to; to reach; to attain to.
(v. t.) To try; to prove, as with a touchstone.
(v. t.) To relate to; to concern; to affect.
(v. t.) To handle, speak of, or deal with; to treat of.
(v. t.) To meddle or interfere with; as, I have not touched the books.
(v. t.) To affect the senses or the sensibility of; to move; to melt; to soften.
(v. t.) To mark or delineate with touches; to add a slight stroke to with the pencil or brush.
(v. t.) To infect; to affect slightly.
(v. t.) To make an impression on; to have effect upon.
(v. t.) To strike; to manipulate; to play on; as, to touch an instrument of music.
(v. t.) To perform, as a tune; to play.
(v. t.) To influence by impulse; to impel forcibly.
(v. t.) To harm, afflict, or distress.
(v. t.) To affect with insanity, especially in a slight degree; to make partially insane; -- rarely used except in the past participle.
(v. t.) To be tangent to. See Tangent, a.
(a.) To lay a hand upon for curing disease.
(v. i.) To be in contact; to be in a state of junction, so that no space is between; as, two spheres touch only at points.
(v. i.) To fasten; to take effect; to make impression.
(v. i.) To treat anything in discourse, especially in a slight or casual manner; -- often with on or upon.
(v. i.) To be brought, as a sail, so close to the wind that its weather leech shakes.
(v.) The act of touching, or the state of being touched; contact.
(v.) The sense by which pressure or traction exerted on the skin is recognized; the sense by which the properties of bodies are determined by contact; the tactile sense. See Tactile sense, under Tactile.
(v.) Act or power of exciting emotion.
(v.) An emotion or affection.
(v.) Personal reference or application.
(v.) A stroke; as, a touch of raillery; a satiric touch; hence, animadversion; censure; reproof.
(v.) A single stroke on a drawing or a picture.
(v.) Feature; lineament; trait.
(v.) The act of the hand on a musical instrument; bence, in the plural, musical notes.
(v.) A small quantity intermixed; a little; a dash.
(v.) A hint; a suggestion; slight notice.
(v.) A slight and brief essay.
(v.) A touchstone; hence, stone of the sort used for touchstone.
(v.) Hence, examination or trial by some decisive standard; test; proof; tried quality.
(v.) The particular or characteristic mode of action, or the resistance of the keys of an instrument to the fingers; as, a heavy touch, or a light touch; also, the manner of touching, striking, or pressing the keys of a piano; as, a legato touch; a staccato touch.
(v.) The broadest part of a plank worked top and but (see Top and but, under Top, n.), or of one worked anchor-stock fashion (that is, tapered from the middle to both ends); also, the angles of the stern timbers at the counters.
(n.) That part of the field which is beyond the line of flags on either side.
(n.) A boys' game; tag.
Example Sentences:
(1) On 9 January 2002, a few hours after Blair became the first western leader to visit Afghanistan's new post-Taliban leader, Hamid Karzai, an aircraft carrying the first group of MI5 interrogators touched down at Bagram airfield, 32 miles north of Kabul.
(2) He was very touched that President Nicolas Sarkozy came out to the airport to meet us, even after Madiba retired.
(3) Considerate touches includes the free use of cruiser bicycles (the best method of tackling the Palm Springs main drag), home-baked cookies … and if you'd like to get married, ask the manager: he's a minister.
(4) At first it looked as though the winger might have shown too much of the ball to the defence, yet he managed to gain a crucial last touch to nudge it past Phil Jones and into the path of Jerome, who slipped Chris Smalling’s attempt at a covering tackle and held off Michael Carrick’s challenge to place a shot past an exposed De Gea.
(5) Gove, who touched on no fewer than 11 policy areas, made his remarks in the annual Keith Joseph memorial lecture organised by the Centre for Policy Studies, the Thatcherite thinktank that was the intellectual powerhouse behind her government.
(6) In 120 consecutive patients who had colonic roentgenologic examination and no depressive sign, two had coccygeal and muscular pain at rectal touch.
(7) The Tories were seen as out of touch and for the few.
(8) Domino’s had been in touch with Driscoll on Thursday morning and was “working to make it up to him ... and to ensure he is not out of pocket for any expenses incurred”.
(9) A growing educated middle class is losing touch with apartheid history and seeking alternatives.
(10) Single cells in pairs or clusters of touching cells in each exposure group were examined with FRAP.
(11) Conroy, out at the ovarian cancer event we’ve already touched on, was unrepentent as he was chased down the corridor by reporters.
(12) "For tax evaders, she should turn to Pasok and New Democracy to explain to her why they haven't touched the big money and have been chasing the simple worker for two years."
(13) I tweet, check Facebook, chat with friends, keep in touch with colleagues, check in using Foursquare, use it to check work emails from home and organise notes using Evernote.
(14) 1-1 2.15am GMT 48 mins Giles Barnes is down again, turning his ankle under a challenge (but not actually touched by the tackle).
(15) It is concluded that chronic peripheral nerve section affects the anatomical and physiological mechanisms underlying the formation of light touch receptive fields of dorsal horn neurons in the lumbosacral cord of the adult cat, but that the resulting reorganization of receptive fields is spatially restricted.
(16) When the plane bringing his friend in touched down, they were greeted with a recorded welcome from the Queen telling them that they had now arrived in a safe country.
(17) We analyzed the trophoblast subpopulations which appear on touch smears of chorionic villi morphologically and immunohistochemically, using the uterine contents of 37 cases of induced abortion.
(18) Bill Clinton (@billclinton) Just touched down in Africa with @ChelseaClinton .
(19) Right now I think the discussion is not honest and practical, it is hysterical and political.” In contrast to the IOC, which did not contact McLaren, he said the International Paralympic Committee had been in close touch as it decides on whether to ban the Russian team.
(20) Rat pups from 12 litters were handled daily, once every three days, or never touched between postnatal Days 5 and 20.