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fumblenoun(sports, American football, Canadian football) A ball etc. that has been dropped by accident.
grobbleverb(dialectal, intransitive) To work in an inefficient and laborious way; to do rough, dirty work.
gropeverbTo touch (another person) closely and (especially) sexually.
grab atverbTo grasp, or attempt to grasp, something or somebody, using one's hand, usually in a rough or rude manner.
grabnoun(countable) A sudden snatch at something.
feel aroundverb(informal) To grope; to explore an area with one's hands, usually in search of something.
guddlenoun(ambitransitive, Scotland, fishing) To catch (fish) with the hands, especially by groping at the bank of a stream or under stones.
groppleverb(intransitive, archaic, rare) To grope about.
scramblenounA dish (meal) involving scrambled eggs and a hodgepodge of complementary ingredients, usually closer to a casserole than to an omelette.
grappleverb(figuratively, with with) To ponder and intensely evaluate a problem; to struggle to deal with.
gumphnoun(uncountable, slang) Nonsense.
glaumnoun(Scotland, Ireland) To grasp or snatch (at), usually feebly or ineffectually; to grope (at) with the hands, as in the dark.
rummagenounA thorough search, usually resulting in disorder.
grubblenoun(obsolete or rare, ambitransitive) To feel or grope in the dark.
pokenounA prod, jab, or thrust.
scroungeverb(intransitive) To obtain something of moderate or inconsequential value from another.
pick atverb(transitive, idiomatic) To touch, grab, handle, or pull tentatively or gingerly, using a utensil or one's fingers.
pickverbTo grasp and pull with the fingers or fingernails.
scamblenoun(intransitive) To move about pushing and jostling; to be rude and turbulent; to scramble; struggle for place or possession.
scrounge upverb(transitive, informal) To seek or find despite a lack of apparent resources or availability.

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