v. & n.
v. 1 intr. (often foll. by at, with, for, after) use the hands awkwardly, grope about. 2 tr. a handle or deal with clumsily or nervously. b Sport fail to stop (a ball) cleanly.
n. an act of fumbling. fumbler n. fumblingly adv.
[ LG fummeln, fommeln, Du. fommelen ]