fumble
verb
[ ˈfʌmb(ə)l ]
• do or handle something clumsily.
• "she fumbled with the lock"
Similar:
grope,
feel about,
search blindly,
scrabble around,
muddle around,
fish,
delve,
cast about for,
cast round for,
cast around for,
grabble for,
fumble
noun
• an act of doing or handling something clumsily.
• "just one fumble during a tyre change could separate the winners from the losers"
Origin:
late Middle English: from Low German fommeln or Dutch fommelen .
