(1):
(v. t.) To handle or manage awkwardly; to crowd or tumble together.
(2):
(v. i.) To handle much; to play childishly; to turn over and over.
(3):
(v. i.) To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.
(4):
(v. i.) To grope about in perplexity; to seek awkwardly; as, to fumble for an excuse.