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.
Derivatives:
fumbler n. fumblingly adv.
Etymology: LG fummeln, fommeln, Du. fommelen