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What is the noun for fumbled?

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fumblerooski

(American football) A trick play wherein the quarterback deliberately places or leaves the ball on the ground upon receiving it from the center, technically fumbling it, after which the backs run to the right, deceiving the defense into following them, while the right guard picks up the ball and runs to the left.

fumbling

An instance of clumsiness, especially of the hands or fingers.
Synonyms:

fumbler

Agent noun of fumble; one who fumbles.
Synonyms:

blunderer, bungler, botcher, bumbler, blunderbuss, butcher, screwup, klutz, butterfingers, duffer, lummox, muddler, bull in a china shop, incompetent, clod, dub, oaf, lubber, clumsy oaf, schlemiel, looby, ignoramus, dolt, muffer, geek, stumbler, foozler, unskilled person, clodhopper, schlep, clunker, picaroon, foozle, clumsy person, screw-up, bodger, prat, spud, mutt, numskull, lurdan, goofball, dunce, jackleg, mismanager, addlebrain, donkey, amateur, fool, bonehead … more

Examples:

“You failed so dramatically, right from the very beginning, that I knew you were a fumbler.”

“Anything to make a fumbler more aware of holding on to it.”

“By 1951, television was keeping people home, but a television show based in the Stork Club was an amateurish calamity, exposing the owner as a fumbler and the place as banal.”

fumble

(sports) A ball etc. that has been dropped
Synonyms:

mistake, error, blunder, slip, gaffe, fault, oversight, boob, lapse, clanger, inaccuracy, misstep, gaff, goof, stumble, slipup, fluff, flub, miscue, clinker, brick, screwup, trip, bobble, howler, fail, botch, miss, mess, bodge, misfielding, mishandling, boo-boo, slip-up, foul-up, botch-up, dropping the ball, mess-up, botched job, blooper, faux pas, bungle, miscalculation, bloomer, boner, indiscretion, misjudgment, misjudgement, failure, screw-up … more

Examples:

“Holland had a bit of a mix-up in an interview when it came to drag racing. Luckily, he quickly recovered from his fumble.”

“There would be a few servicemen on leave on the hunt for a goodnight kiss and a fumble afterwards.”

fumblerooskis

plural of fumblerooski

fumblings

fumblers

plural of fumbler
Synonyms:

blunderers, bunglers, botchers, bumblers, blunderbusses, butchers, screwups, klutzes, butterfingers, lummoxes, duffers, dubs, clods, oafs, muddlers, lubbers, incompetents, schlemiels, ignoramuses, dolts, loobies, stumblers, geeks, foozlers, schleps, picaroons, clunkers, foozles, clodhoppers, screw-ups, blockheads, prats, clowns, numskulls, fools, amateurs, mismanagers, donkeys, foul-ups, featherbrains, spoilers, lurdans, boneheads, spuds, bodgers, goofballs, jacklegs, dunces, mutts, lamebrains … more

fumbles

plural of fumble
Synonyms:

mistakes, error, blunders, slips, gaffes, faults, oversight, boobs, lapses, clangers, inaccuracy, missteps, gaffs, goofs, stumbles, slipups, fluffs, flubs, miscues, clinker, brick, screwups, trips, bobbles, howlers, fail, botches, miss, messes, bodges, mishandling, boo-boo, slip-ups, foul-ups, botch-ups, mess-ups, bloopers, faux pas, bungles, bloomers, miscalculation, boners, indiscretion, screw-ups, failure, misjudgements, misjudgment, defects, muffs, thinkos … more

Examples:

“Taking pity on a fellow Celt, I pull up, and he gratefully fumbles his way into the back seat.”

“Vick finally escapes the pocket and fumbles the ball, but luckily for Atlanta it goes out of bounds.”

“Sometimes that philosophy gets Green in trouble because he fumbles the ball too much.”

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