To handle something clumsily or awkwardly, often dropping it, or to struggle unsuccessfully to do something.
From Middle English 'fomelen,' possibly from Old Norse 'falma' (to grope about). The word suggests clumsy searching or grasping.
Footballers fumble touchdowns and jugglers fumble catches, but the word captures something uniquely human—that moment when your hands betray your intentions and everything goes wrong in slow motion.
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