Meaning

• To handle nervously or awkwardly.

  "He fumbled the key into the lock."

• To grope awkwardly in trying to find something

  "He fumbled for his keys."

• To blunder uncertainly.

  "He fumbled through his prepared speech."

• To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly.

  "to fumble for an excuse"

• To drop a ball or a baton etc. by accident.

• To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.

Meaning

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