grope+about

  • 31fumble — fumbler, n. fumblingly, adv. fumblingness, n. /fum beuhl/, v., fumbled, fumbling, n. v.i. 1. to feel or grope about clumsily: She fumbled in her purse for the keys. 2. Sports. to fumble the ball. v.t. 3. to make, handle, etc., clumsily or… …

    Universalium

  • 32fumble — [c]/ˈfʌmbəl / (say fumbuhl) verb (fumbled, fumbling) –verb (i) 1. to feel or grope about clumsily: she fumbled in the dark for her key; he fumbled to do up his coat. 2. to hesitate in speaking; to speak indistinctly. 3. Sport to handle a ball… …

  • 33Christopher —     Pope Christopher     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Christopher     (Reigned 903 904). Some hold that Christopher, once Cardinal Priest of the Title of St. Damasus, a Roman and son of Leo, was an antipope. But though his manner of taking… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 34Pope Christopher —     Pope Christopher     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Pope Christopher     (Reigned 903 904). Some hold that Christopher, once Cardinal Priest of the Title of St. Damasus, a Roman and son of Leo, was an antipope. But though his manner of taking… …

    Catholic encyclopedia

  • 35cast — v 1. throw, toss, dart, shy, chuck, pitch; hurl, dash, sling, let fly, send, launch; fling, flirt, heave, jerk, cant, shoot, catapult. 2. disseminate, scatter, spread, bespread, strew, bestrew, sow, broadcast; distribute, disperse, circulate;… …

    A Note on the Style of the synonym finder

  • 36hem — hem1 [hem] n. [ME < OE, akin to MLowG ham, enclosed piece of land < IE base * kem , to compress, impede > HAMPER1] 1. the border on a garment or piece of cloth, usually made by folding the edge and sewing it down 2. any border, edge, or… …

    English World dictionary

  • 37scrabble — I. verb (scrabbled; scrabbling) Etymology: Dutch schrabbelen to scratch Date: 1537 intransitive verb 1. scrawl, scribble 2. to scratch, claw, or grope about clumsily or frantically 3. a. scramble …

    New Collegiate Dictionary

  • 38Dayvid Figler — (b. August 18, 1967, Chicago, Illinois) is a performer, author and trial lawyer in the United States. He became one of the youngest lawyers in Nevada history after successfully taking the bar exam at age 23. In 2003, he began and served a short… …

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  • 39ætfeohtan — sv/t3 3rd pres ætfiehteþ past ætfeaht/ætfuhton ptp ætfohten to feel earnestly, grope about; to fight against, contend …

    Old to modern English dictionary

  • 40fumble — fum·ble || fÊŒmbl n. clumsy groping, awkward handling; drop a ball after catching or holding it (Football) v. handle awkwardly, grope about clumsily; fail to catch and hold a ball (Sports) …

    English contemporary dictionary