möhlätä — meaning in English

English meaning

• err verb To make a mistake; to be wrong.
• fumble verb To handle something clumsily or nervously, often dropping or mishandling it.

Senses

möhlätä is used for these senses in English:

• cock up (ambitransitive, chiefly, UK, Commonwealth, Ireland, slang, mildly) To ruin (something) unintentionally; to fuck up, mess up, or screw up.
• fumble (intransitive) To blunder uncertainly.

fumble — full definition

1. verb To handle something clumsily or nervously, often dropping or mishandling it.
2. verb In sports, to accidentally drop the ball.
3. noun An instance of dropping or clumsily mishandling something, especially in sport.

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