balbettare — meaning in English

English meaning

• fumble verb To handle something clumsily or nervously, often dropping or mishandling it.
• mumble verb To speak quietly and unclearly, so words are hard to make out.
• stammer verb To speak with involuntary repetitions or pauses, unable to get words out smoothly.

Senses

balbettare is used for these senses in English:

• fumble (intransitive) To blunder uncertainly.
• stammer (transitive) To utter with a stammer, or with timid hesitancy.

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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