To handle or touch something clumsily or carelessly; to paw or grab at something awkwardly.
From Northern English dialect, possibly related to Scandinavian roots; the word carries a sense of tactless, rough handling that evolved from regional speech patterns.
Regional words like 'gawm' are language treasures—they're rarely written down but used in everyday speech, and they often describe things so perfectly that standard English needs a whole phrase to capture what one dialect word does instantly.
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