fumble

/fˈʌmbʌl/

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Definitions

Noun
(sports) dropping the ball
Verb
feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"
Verb
make one''s way clumsily or blindly; "He fumbled towards the door"
Verb
handle clumsily
Verb
make a mess of, destroy or ruin; "I botched the dinner and we had to eat out"; "the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement"
Verb
drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder; "fumble a grounder"