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Fumbling

To handle nervously or awkwardly.

📖 Definitions of "Fumbling"

verb
  1. 1

    To handle nervously or awkwardly.

    "He fumbled the key into the lock."

  2. 2

    To grope awkwardly in trying to find something

    "He fumbled for his keys."

  3. 3

    To blunder uncertainly.

    "He fumbled through his prepared speech."

  4. 4

    To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.

    "to fumble for an excuse"

noun
  1. 1

    An instance of clumsiness, especially of the hands or fingers.

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