| v. i. | 1. | To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something. |
| 2. | To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; | |
| 3. | To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over. | |
| v. t. | 1. | To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together. |
| Noun | 1. | fumble - (sports) dropping the ball Synonyms: muff |
| Verb | 1. | fumble - feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom" Synonyms: grope |
| 2. | fumble - make one's way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door" Synonyms: blunder | |
| 3. | fumble - handle clumsily | |
| 4. | fumble - make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement" | |
| 5. | fumble - drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder" |