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fumble

('f/@/mb/@/l )

feel about uncertainly or blindly(verb.contact)

Synonym:
grope

source: wordnet30
make one's way clumsily or blindly(verb.motion)

Example:
He fumbled towards the door.

Synonym:
blunder

source: wordnet30
handle clumsily(verb.contact)

source: wordnet30
make a mess of, destroy or ruin(verb.social)

Synonym:
ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck u

source: wordnet30
drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder(verb.competition)

Example:
Fumble a grounder.

source: wordnet30
To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.(verb)

source: webster1913
To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together.(verb)

source: webster1913

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