fumble (
http://definr.com/fumble)
n : dropping the ball (in baseball or football) [syn:
muff]
v 1: feel about uncertainly or blindly; "She groped for her
glasses in the darkness of the bedroom" [syn:
grope]
2: make one's way clumsily; "His steps fumbled"
3: handle clumsily
4: make a mess of, destroy or ruin [syn:
botch,
bumble, {botch
up},
muff,
blow,
flub,
screw up,
ball up,
spoil,
muck up,
bungle,
fluff,
bollix,
bollix up,
bollocks,
bollocks up,
bobble,
mishandle,
louse up, {foul
up},
mess up,
fuck up]
5: drop or juggle or fail to play cleanly a grounder in
baseball: "fumble a grounder"