ˈblʌn.də(ɹ) ˈblʌn.dɚ ˈbɒbəl ˈbɒlɪks ˈbʌŋ.ɡ(ə)l flʌb flʌf faʊl ˈʌp ɡɹəʊp ɡɹoʊp mɪsˈhændəl spɔɪl (sports) dropping the ball drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder fumble a grounder handle clumsily feel about uncertainly or blindly She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom make one's way clumsily or blindly He fumbled towards the door make a mess of, destroy or ruin I botched the dinner and we had to eat out the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement