[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fumble \fum"ble\, v. t.
   to handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together.
   --shak.
   1913 webster

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

fumble \fum"ble\, v. i. imp.  p. p. fumbled; p. pr.  vb. n.
   fumbling. akin to d. fommelen to crumple, fumble, sw.
   fumla to fusuble, famla to grope, dan. famle to grope,
   fumble, icel. falme, as. folm palm of the hand. see feel,
   and cf. fanble, palm.
   1. to feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or
      find something.
      1913 webster

            adams now began to fumble in his pockets.
                                                  --fielding.
      1913 webster

   2. to grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to
      fumble for an excuse. --dryden.
      1913 webster

            my understanding flutters and my memory fumbles.
                                                  --chesterfield.
      1913 webster

            alas how he fumbles about the domains.
                                                  --wordsworth.
      1913 webster

   3. to handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
      1913 webster

            i saw him fumble with the sheets, and play with
            flowers.                              --shak.
      1913 webster
see also:
fumbled fumbling feel fanble palm 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

fumble
     n : sports dropping the ball syn: muff
     v 1: feel about uncertainly or blindly; "she groped for her
          glasses in the darkness of the bedroom" syn: grope
     2: make one's way clumsily or blindly; "he fumbled towards the
        door" syn: blunder
     3: handle clumsily
     4: 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" syn: botch, bumble, botch
        up, muff, blow, flub, screw up, ball up, spoil,
         muck up, bungle, fluff, bollix, bollix up, bollocks,
         bollocks up, bobble, mishandle, louse up, foul
        up, mess up, fuck up
     5: drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a
        grounder"
see also:
muff grope blunder botch bumble botch up 
blow flub screw up ball up spoil 
muck up bungle fluff bollix bollix up 
bollocks bollocks up bobble mishandle louse up 
foul up mess up fuck up 

[4] : Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0

87 moby thesaurus words for "fumble":
   bad job, ball up, be all thumbs, beat about, bevue, blow, blunder,
   blunder away, blunder into, blunder on, blunder upon, bobble,
   boggle, bollix, bollix up, bonehead play, boner, boo-boo, botch,
   bumble, bungle, butcher, clumsy performance, commit a gaffe,
   confound, confuse, drop, error, etourderie, faux pas, feel,
   feel around, feel for, flounder, flub, fluff, foozle, foul up,
   garble, gaucherie, goof up, grabble, grope, grope for, grump, hash,
   jumble, louse up, lumber, mar, mess, miscue, mishandle, mistake,
   mix up, mop, mouth, mow, muck up, muddle, muff, mug, murder,
   murmur, mutter, off day, pet, pi, play havoc with, play hob with,
   poke around, pout, pry around, riffle, sad work, scrabble,
   scramble, screw up, shuffle, slip, snafu, snarl up, spoil, stumble,
   swallow, trip, tumble

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