fumble

1. v. i. To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something. Source: opted

2. v. i. To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse. Source: opted

3. v. i. To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over. Source: opted

4. v. t. To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together. Source: opted

5. n. (sports) dropping the ball Source: wordnet

6. v. feel about uncertainly or blindly Source: wordnet

7. v. make one's way clumsily or blindly Source: wordnet

8. v. handle clumsily Source: wordnet

9. v. make a mess of, destroy or ruin Source: wordnet

10. v. drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder Source: wordnet

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. Source: webster

12. To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together.Shak. Source: adambom

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