fumble

nouns

(sports) dropping the ball
fumble, muff

verbs

feel about uncertainly or blindly
"She groped for her glasses in the darkness of the bedroom"
fumble, grope
make one's way clumsily or blindly
"He fumbled towards the door"
blunder, fumble
handle clumsily
fumble
is a type of (narrower)
touch, lift, or hold with the hands
"Don't handle the merchandise"
handle, palm
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"
ball up, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle, flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, mishandle, muck up, muff, screw up, spoil
is derived from
fumbler
drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder
"fumble a grounder"
fumble
domain category
a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs
"he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
baseball, baseball game
is a type of (narrower)
participate in games or sport
"We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"
play