Past tense of fumble
regular verb
The past tense of fumble is fumbled. The past participle is also fumbled.
Forms of fumble
| Base form (V1) | fumble /ˈfʌmbəl/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | fumbled |
| Past participle (V3) | fumbled |
| Present participle | fumbling |
| Third person singular | fumbles |
Fumbled in a sentence
- Waiting for the interview, he fumbled with his tie.
- He fumbled the key into the lock.
- He decided to take the C downtown and fumbled through a blizzardy wind to Central Park West.2022, Jennifer Egan, The Candy House, Corsair, page 322. From the entry blizzardy
- He grabbed a bottle of hydro from the bureau and fumbled nervously to open it.2011 October 17, eric.k.gale, “Cronus Distraction”, in Io Rising: Espionage in the Twenty-Third Century, Bloomington, Ind.: iUniverse…. From the entry hydro
- Every time one of us fumbled with the choppers, it drew laughter from the sidelines.2009, John Higham, 360 Degrees Longitude: One Family's Journey Around the World, Alyson Publications. From the entry choppers
Meaning of fumble
- verb To handle nervously or awkwardly.
- verb To grope awkwardly in trying to find something.
- verb To blunder uncertainly.
Questions about the past tense of fumble
- What is the past tense of fumble?
- The past tense of fumble is fumbled.
- What is the past participle of fumble?
- The past participle of fumble is fumbled.
- Is fumble a regular or irregular verb?
- Fumble is a regular verb: its past tense adds -d.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: fumble (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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