fumble

  1. Verb.  (transitive, intransitive) To idly touch or nervously handle.
  2. Verb.  (transitive, intransitive) To grope awkwardly in trying to find something.
  3. Verb.  (intransitive) To blunder uncertainly.
  4. Verb.  (transitive, intransitive) To drop a ball or a baton etc.
  5. Noun.  (sports) A ball etc. that has been dropped.

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