To proceed or perform in an unsteady, faltering manner

• stumble

  1. To miss one's step in walking or running; trip and almost fall.
  2. To proceed unsteadily or falteringly; flounder.
  3. To act or speak falteringly or clumsily:

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  1. To miss one's step in walking or running; trip and almost fall.
  2. To proceed unsteadily or falteringly; flounder.
  3. To act or speak falteringly or clumsily:

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• stagger

  1. To move or stand unsteadily, as if under a great weight; totter.
  2. To cause to totter, sway, or reel:
  3. To astonish, shock, or overwhelm:

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  1. To move or stand unsteadily, as if under a great weight; totter.
  2. To cause to totter, sway, or reel:
  3. To astonish, shock, or overwhelm:

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• shuffle

  1. To move with short sliding steps, without or barely lifting the feet:
  2. To dance casually with sliding and tapping steps.
  3. To shift from position to position or move from place to place:

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  1. To move with short sliding steps, without or barely lifting the feet:
  2. To dance casually with sliding and tapping steps.
  3. To shift from position to position or move from place to place:

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• muddle

  1. To mix together, especially confusedly:
  2. To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler.
  3. To put into a state of confusion; confuse:

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  1. To mix together, especially confusedly:
  2. To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler.
  3. To put into a state of confusion; confuse:

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• limp

  1. To walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg.
  2. To move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily:
  3. An irregular, jerky, or awkward gait.

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  1. To walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg.
  2. To move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily:
  3. An irregular, jerky, or awkward gait.

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• fumble

  1. To touch or handle nervously or idly:
  2. To grope awkwardly to find or to accomplish something:
  3. To proceed awkwardly and uncertainly; blunder:

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  1. To touch or handle nervously or idly:
  2. To grope awkwardly to find or to accomplish something:
  3. To proceed awkwardly and uncertainly; blunder:

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• fudge

  1. A soft rich candy made of sugar, milk, butter, and flavoring.
  2. Nonsense; humbug.
  3. To fake or falsify:

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  1. A soft rich candy made of sugar, milk, butter, and flavoring.
  2. Nonsense; humbug.
  3. To fake or falsify:

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• flounder

  1. To move clumsily or with little progress, as through water or mud.
  2. To act or function in a confused or directionless manner; struggle:
  3. The act of floundering.

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  1. To move clumsily or with little progress, as through water or mud.
  2. To act or function in a confused or directionless manner; struggle:
  3. The act of floundering.

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• bumble

  1. To speak in a faltering manner.
  2. To move, act, or proceed clumsily.
  3. To make a buzzing sound.

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  1. To speak in a faltering manner.
  2. To move, act, or proceed clumsily.
  3. To make a buzzing sound.

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• blunder

  1. A mistake typically caused by ignorance or carelessness.
  2. To make a mistake.
  3. To move clumsily or haltingly.

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  1. A mistake typically caused by ignorance or carelessness.
  2. To make a mistake.
  3. To move clumsily or haltingly.

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To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess

• snafu

  1. A chaotic or confused situation.
  2. In a state of confusion or chaos.
  3. To make confused or chaotic.

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  1. A chaotic or confused situation.
  2. In a state of confusion or chaos.
  3. To make confused or chaotic.

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• screw up

  1. a serious mistake; blunder; mess
  2. a person who screws up

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  1. a serious mistake; blunder; mess
  2. a person who screws up

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• louse up

  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) To mess up; to confuse; to put into a state of disorder.

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  1. (idiomatic, colloquial) To mess up; to confuse; to put into a state of disorder.

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• goof up

  1. (slang) To make a mistake.
  2. (slang) To introduce problems to or damage through incompetence.
  3. (slang) A mistake or problem.

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  1. (slang) To make a mistake.
  2. (slang) To introduce problems to or damage through incompetence.
  3. (slang) A mistake or problem.

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• blow

  1. A sudden hard stroke or hit, as with the fist or an object.
  2. An unexpected shock or calamity.
  3. An unexpected attack; an assault.

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  1. A sudden hard stroke or hit, as with the fist or an object.
  2. An unexpected shock or calamity.
  3. An unexpected attack; an assault.

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• muck up

  1. To ruin unintentionally.
  2. (intransitive) To clown around; to have fun, often at the expense of others.

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  1. To ruin unintentionally.
  2. (intransitive) To clown around; to have fun, often at the expense of others.

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• bollix up

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• spoil

  1. To impair or destroy the value or quality of; ruin:
  2. To harm the character of (a child) by overindulgence or leniency.
  3. To plunder; despoil.

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  1. To impair or destroy the value or quality of; ruin:
  2. To harm the character of (a child) by overindulgence or leniency.
  3. To plunder; despoil.

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• muff

  1. To perform or handle clumsily or ineptly; bungle.
  2. To fail to make (a catch).
  3. To perform a task clumsily or ineptly.

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  1. To perform or handle clumsily or ineptly; bungle.
  2. To fail to make (a catch).
  3. To perform a task clumsily or ineptly.

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• muddle

  1. To mix together, especially confusedly:
  2. To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler.
  3. To put into a state of confusion; confuse:

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  1. To mix together, especially confusedly:
  2. To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler.
  3. To put into a state of confusion; confuse:

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• mismanage

  1. To manage badly or carelessly.

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  1. To manage badly or carelessly.

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• mishandle

  1. To deal with clumsily or inefficiently; mismanage:
  2. To treat roughly; maltreat:

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  1. To deal with clumsily or inefficiently; mismanage:
  2. To treat roughly; maltreat:

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• mess up

  1. To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.
  2. To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin.
  3. To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on.

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  1. To make a mess of; to untidy, disorder, soil, or muss.
  2. To cause a problem with; to introduce an error or mistake in; to make muddled or confused; spoil; ruin.
  3. To botch, bungle; to perform poorly on.

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• gum up

  1. To cause to be gooey or gummy, especially with the effect of obstructing the operation of some mechanism or process.
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) To make non-functional; to interfere with or put into a state of disorder; to ruin.

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  1. To cause to be gooey or gummy, especially with the effect of obstructing the operation of some mechanism or process.
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) To make non-functional; to interfere with or put into a state of disorder; to ruin.

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• fumble

  1. To touch or handle nervously or idly:
  2. To grope awkwardly to find or to accomplish something:
  3. To proceed awkwardly and uncertainly; blunder:

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  1. To touch or handle nervously or idly:
  2. To grope awkwardly to find or to accomplish something:
  3. To proceed awkwardly and uncertainly; blunder:

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• foul-up

  1. A condition of confusion caused by mistakes or poor judgment.
  2. A mechanical failure.

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  1. A condition of confusion caused by mistakes or poor judgment.
  2. A mechanical failure.

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• botch

  1. To perform poorly or ruin through clumsiness or ineptitude:
  2. To repair or mend clumsily or ineptly.
  3. A ruined or defective piece of work:

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  1. To perform poorly or ruin through clumsiness or ineptitude:
  2. To repair or mend clumsily or ineptly.
  3. A ruined or defective piece of work:

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• boggle

  1. To hesitate as if in fear or doubt.
  2. To shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment:
  3. To act ineptly or inefficiently; bungle.

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  1. To hesitate as if in fear or doubt.
  2. To shy away or be overcome with fright or astonishment:
  3. To act ineptly or inefficiently; bungle.

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• blunder

  1. A mistake typically caused by ignorance or carelessness.
  2. To make a mistake.
  3. To move clumsily or haltingly.

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  1. A mistake typically caused by ignorance or carelessness.
  2. To make a mistake.
  3. To move clumsily or haltingly.

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• ball up

  1. To crush into a ball shape.
  2. (intransitive) to coil up into a ball.
  3. (intransitive) To hunch over and pull in one's arms and legs.

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  1. To crush into a ball shape.
  2. (intransitive) to coil up into a ball.
  3. (intransitive) To hunch over and pull in one's arms and legs.

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A stupid, clumsy mistake

• goof

  1. An incompetent, foolish, or stupid person.
  2. A careless mistake; a slip.
  3. To make a silly mistake; blunder:

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  1. An incompetent, foolish, or stupid person.
  2. A careless mistake; a slip.
  3. To make a silly mistake; blunder:

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• bloomer

  1. A plant that blooms.
  2. A person who attains full maturity and competence:
  3. A blunder.

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  1. A plant that blooms.
  2. A person who attains full maturity and competence:
  3. A blunder.

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• boner

  1. A blunder or an error.

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  1. A blunder or an error.

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• blooper

  1. A clumsy mistake, especially one made in public; a faux pas.
  2. A weakly hit ball that carries just beyond the infield.
  3. A high pitch that is lobbed to the batter.

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  1. A clumsy mistake, especially one made in public; a faux pas.
  2. A weakly hit ball that carries just beyond the infield.
  3. A high pitch that is lobbed to the batter.

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• stumble

  1. To miss one's step in walking or running; trip and almost fall.
  2. To proceed unsteadily or falteringly; flounder.
  3. To act or speak falteringly or clumsily:

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  1. To miss one's step in walking or running; trip and almost fall.
  2. To proceed unsteadily or falteringly; flounder.
  3. To act or speak falteringly or clumsily:

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• muff

  1. To perform or handle clumsily or ineptly; bungle.
  2. To fail to make (a catch).
  3. To perform a task clumsily or ineptly.

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  1. To perform or handle clumsily or ineptly; bungle.
  2. To fail to make (a catch).
  3. To perform a task clumsily or ineptly.

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• fumble

  1. To touch or handle nervously or idly:
  2. To grope awkwardly to find or to accomplish something:
  3. To proceed awkwardly and uncertainly; blunder:

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  1. To touch or handle nervously or idly:
  2. To grope awkwardly to find or to accomplish something:
  3. To proceed awkwardly and uncertainly; blunder:

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• foozle

  1. To do or deal with poorly or clumsily.
  2. The act of bungling, especially a poor stroke in golf.

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  1. To do or deal with poorly or clumsily.
  2. The act of bungling, especially a poor stroke in golf.

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• bull

  1. An adult male bovine mammal.
  2. The uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle.
  3. The adult male of certain other large animals, such as alligators, elephants, moose, or whales.

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  1. An adult male bovine mammal.
  2. The uncastrated adult male of domestic cattle.
  3. The adult male of certain other large animals, such as alligators, elephants, moose, or whales.

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• blunder

  1. A mistake typically caused by ignorance or carelessness.
  2. To make a mistake.
  3. To move clumsily or haltingly.

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  1. A mistake typically caused by ignorance or carelessness.
  2. To make a mistake.
  3. To move clumsily or haltingly.

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