fumfer.
To speak awkwardly or evasively; to dither, waffle.
Meaning & usage
To speak awkwardly or evasively; to dither, waffle.
She fumfered around and refused to give a straight answer.
To fiddle or fumble.
I fumfered with the USB stick, trying and failing to plug it in.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Yiddish פֿאָנפֿען (fonfen) Proto-Germanic *-urōną Proto-West Germanic *-urōn Old English -erian Middle English -eren English -er English fumfer From Yiddish פֿאָנפֿען (fonfen, “to speak with a nasal twang, to mumble”) + English -er (frequentative suffix). First attested in 1954. Compare fumf.
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