fumfering

Verb

fumfer (third-person singular simple present fumfers, present participle fumfering, simple past and past participle fumfered)

1. (US, ambitransitive, informal) To speak awkwardly or evasively; to dither, waffle.
   • She fumfered around and refused to give a straight answer.

   Synonyms:

   mutter, mouth, mumble, murmur

2. (US, ambitransitive, informal) To fiddle or fumble.
   • I fumfered with the USB stick, trying and failing to plug it in.

   Synonyms:

   feel around, fumble, scrabble, fish, forage, scramble, glaum, grabble, grope, grubble