Definition of "fumble" []

• To touch or handle nervously or idly: fumble with a necktie. (verb-intransitive)
• To grope awkwardly to find or to accomplish something: fumble for a key. (verb-intransitive)
• To proceed awkwardly and uncertainly; blunder: fumble through a speech. (verb-intransitive)
• Football To drop a ball that is in play. (verb-intransitive)
• Baseball To mishandle a ground ball. (verb-intransitive)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "Still, that same defense provided a touchdown and came up with the nail-in-the-coffin fumble at the end."
• "Pirates QB Patrick Pinkney hopes for a fast start to erase the memories of his overtime fumble from a week ago."
• "Later, I managed to catch a fumble from a cluster of all-too-eager fellow nerds."