intransitive verb, transitive verb fumbled, fumbling
- to search (for a thing) by feeling about awkwardly with the hands; grope clumsily
- to handle (a thing) clumsily or unskillfully; bungle
- to lose one's grasp on (a football, etc.) while trying to catch or hold it
- to make (one's way) clumsily or by groping
Origin:
var. of ME famelen, prob. < ON famla, akin to Du fommeln, Ger fummeln