fumble

fumble

 

verb

1. 1.

   do or handle something clumsily.

   "she fumbled with the lock"

   synonyms:

   grope, feel about, search blindly, scrabble around, muddle around;  fish, delve, cast about/around/round for;  archaicgrabble for "he fumbled for his keys"

noun

1. 1.

   an act of doing or handling something clumsily.

   "just one fumble during a tyre change could separate the winners from the losers"