Definition of "fumbling"

fumbling

verb
1. present participle and gerund of fumble
noun
plural fumblings
1. An instance of clumsiness, especially of the hands or fingers.
  Quotations
  From the beginning her mini-campaign, with its many missteps and fumblings, seem mired in confusion.
  2009 January 25, Sam Tanenhaus, “A Fumbled Handoff of the Torch”, in New York Times‎