Definition of: fumble

(fum′bəl) v. fum·bled, fum·bling v.i.
1. To feel about blindly or clumsily; grope: with for, at, with, or after.
2. In sports, to fail to catch or hold the ball.
—v.t.
3. To handle clumsily or awkwardly.
4. In sports, to fumble (the ball).
—noun The act of fumbling. [Prob. <Scand. Cf. Sw. fumla grope]
—fum′bler noun