Meaning of fumf | Babel Free

Definitions

Synonym of fumfer (“to speak awkwardly or evasively; to fiddle or fumble”).

rare

Examples

“'"To me,' Bill says, "Mulcahy is a pretty straight guy who doesn't quite have a handle on everything, and there's a little bit of 'fumfing' [a favorite word of Bill's] and confusion."”

“The other day while I was fumfing on the viewer's panel, something curious happened — when I pressed a particular spot, the pot, which was uppermost in my mind at the moment, materialized on the screen. I'm gonna see if I can find that spot again . . . for starters. . . .”

“I think I said, "You mean it's Monday?" And I fumfed and mumbled and said something of a "thankyouthankyouthankyouokaythiswasworthbeingwokenupfor" nature.”

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