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fumble

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fumble [′fəm·bəl]
(industrial engineering)
An unintentional sensory-motor error that may be unavoidable.
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The youth sat down obediently and the cor- poral, laying aside his rifle, began to fumble in the bushy hair of his comrade.
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And to clinch the argument, there were the several Congressmen who testified to having seen Ernest fumble and drop the bomb.
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