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Fumble

To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.

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Bloomer 76% connected

A costume for women, consisting of a short dress, with loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a broad-brimmed hat.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Blunder 76% connected

To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Botch 76% connected

A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Bungle 76% connected

To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Fail 76% connected

To be wanting; to fall short; to be or become deficient in any measure or degree up to total absence; to cease to be furnished in the usual or expect…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Handle 76% connected

To touch; to feel with the hand; to use or hold with the hand.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Miscarry 76% connected

To carry, or go, wrong; to fail of reaching a destination, or fail of the intended effect; to be unsuccessful; to suffer defeat.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Palm 76% connected

The inner and somewhat concave part of the hand between the bases of the fingers and the wrist.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Play 76% connected

To engage in sport or lively recreation; to exercise for the sake of amusement; to frolic; to spot.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Search 76% connected

To look over or through, for the purpose of finding something; to examine; to explore; as, to search the city.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Seek 76% connected

Sick.

oewn 2023 0% interchangeable

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Grope 74% connected

To feel with or use the hands; to handle.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Grope 74% connected

To feel with or use the hands; to handle.

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Synonym 11

Blow 92% connected

To flower; to blossom; to bloom.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Blunder 92% connected

To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Bodge 92% connected

A botch; a patch.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Botch 92% connected

A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bumble 92% connected

The bittern.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Bungle 92% connected

To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Fluff 92% connected

Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Grope 92% connected

To feel with or use the hands; to handle.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Mishandle 92% connected

To handle ill or wrongly; to maltreat.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Muff 92% connected

A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Spoil 92% connected

To plunder; to strip by violence; to pillage; to rob; -- with of before the name of the thing taken; as, to spoil one of his goods or possession.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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