to fumble
- verb
- /ˈfʌmbəl/
- As the receiver caught the ball, he fumbled and lost possession to the other team.
- fumble the ball
- fumble the snap
- fumble a punt
But if he if he fumbles a ball before then, I think that he could slip.
- But if he if he fumbles a ball before then, I think that he could slip.
- We've got a, a student of mine that he was a wide receiver and realized that fumbling a football is a bad thing as a wide receiver.
- He said when a when a member of the team fumbles the ball, everybody goes to pick it up, not just the other team.
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I fumbled, and the coach took me out.
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Bucs running back Doug Martin went up the middle but fumbled near the goal line.
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You can not fumble against a team this good.
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And I can't have your people fumble the ball for us.
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Don't you fumble my football.
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Only you fumbled on the goal line.
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- You fumbled the last play!
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Next thing you know, Cincinnati fumbles and Big Ben comes back in the game.
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Julian Washington fumbles the ball!
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The ball is snapped, and the QB fumbles.
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Etymology
Fumble The word fumble comes from old words for 'feeling' or 'groping' with the hands, so imagine a player trying to catch a ball but their fingers fail them. So in sport to fumble means to mishandle or drop the ball while it is in play.