Thesaurus: fumble

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1. v. i. To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.
2. v. i. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse.
3. v. i. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
4. v. t. To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together.
5. n. (sports) dropping the ball
6. v. feel about uncertainly or blindly
7. v. make one's way clumsily or blindly
8. v. handle clumsily
9. v. make a mess of, destroy or ruin
10. v. drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder
11. 1. To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something. Adams now began to fumble in his pockets. Fielding. 2. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse. Dryden. My understanding flutters and my memory fumbles. Chesterfield. Alas! how he fumbles about the domains. Wordsworth. 3. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over. I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers. Shak. To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together. Shak.
12. To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together.Shak.