grabbled

verb

1. 1.To search with one's hands and fingers; to attempt to grasp something.
2. 2.To search in a similar way using an implement.
3. 3.To touch (someone) with one's hands or fingers, sometimes in a sexual way.
4. 4.To pick (something or someone) up hastily, roughly or clumsily.
5. 5.To attempt to grab; to grasp at (something).