fumfer

发音

US /ˈfəmfər/
US
UK /ˈfʌmfə/

词形变化

fumfered fumfering fumfers 三单 fumfers fumfering 现在分词 fumfered 过去式 fumfered 过去分词

别名

phumpher fumper

释义与例句

v.
  1. 1.

    To speak awkwardly or evasively; to dither, waffle.

    美国 非正式

    She fumfered around and refused to give a straight answer.

  2. 2.

    To fiddle or fumble.

    美国 非正式

    I fumfered with the USB stick, trying and failing to plug it in.

词源

Borrowed from Yiddish פֿאָנפֿען (fonfen, “to speak with a nasal twang, to mumble”) + -er (frequentative suffix). First attested in 1954. Compare fumf.

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