мя́млить — meaning in English

English meaning

• fumble verb To handle something clumsily or nervously, often dropping or mishandling it.
• mammer verb To pause or be unsure before acting.
• mumble verb To speak quietly and unclearly, so words are hard to make out.

Senses

мя́млить is used for these senses in English:

• fumble (intransitive) To blunder uncertainly.
• hem and haw To mumble and procrastinate in one's speech, especially with a reply to a hard question or with voicing a decision on a topical matter; to evade a question, giving vague answers; to equivocate or temporize.
• mammer (rare) To mumble or stammer from doubt or hesitation.

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.

mammer — full definition

1. verb To pause or be unsure before acting.
2. verb To speak unclearly or falter in speech because of uncertainty.

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