FUMBLE

v.

4 definitions — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)

1.
v.

To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something. Adams now began to fumble in his pockets. Fielding.

2.
v.

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.
v.

To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over. I saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with flowers. Shak.

4.
v.

To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together. Shak.

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