fumfer

Verb

To speak awkwardly or evasively; to dither, waffle.
To fiddle or fumble.

Examples

I fumfered with the USB stick, trying and failing to plug it in.
She fumfered around and refused to give a straight answer.

Origin / Etymology

Borrowed from Yiddish פֿאָנפֿען (fonfen, “to speak with a nasal twang, to mumble”) + -er (frequentative suffix). First attested in 1954. Compare fumf.

Synonyms

feel around, forage, fumble, fumfer, glaum, grabble, grope, grubble, mumble, murmur, mutter, poke, scramble

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