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boobing

verb

present participle of boob, British

as in fumbling

to make a mistake it was an important speech, and the prime minister knew that he could not afford to boob on it

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The fight sequences have an engaging messiness, the characters often fumbling around rather than delivering expert moves.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 25 Sep. 2026
Clinicians should be working to support us, not fumbling incompetently or making paternalistic determinations.

— Meg LeDuc, STAT, 23 Sep. 2026

Definition of fumbling

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One of my favorite projects involved walking across the largest city in the Lower 48, only with the general framework of a plan, stumbling upon all kinds of interesting people, places and history.

— Mark Woods, Florida Times-Union, 20 Sep. 2026
Ian informs the sisters that Kylie isn’t merely stumbling into arcane rituals; someone is drawing her to the dark side.

— Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of stumbling

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Every Electric’s team responded by continually updating the battery firmware to reduce the risk of tripping local circuit breakers.

— Jeremy Hsu, ArsTechnica, 2 Oct. 2026
Allen is also remembered for tripping opponents three times in a calendar year, all of them caught on tape.

— Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 30 Sep. 2026

Definition of tripping

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