<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to feel or grope about clumsily: She fumbled in her purse for the keys.</li><li>Sports: to fumble the ball.</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>the act of fumbling: We completed the difficult experiment without a fumble.</li><li>Sports: an act or instance of fumbling the ball.</li></ul>