fumf

verb

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

   “'"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.”

noun

1. (onomatopoeic)The sound of rushing air or a dull impact.

   “I hit the Bruckner Expressway and turned the music up until I could feel the bass in my breastbone. Then I heard the fumf of a blown tire.”

   “Letting my horrifically knotted hair tumble across my face, I close my eyes, then startle at the ripe fumf of Leigh's backpack hitting the floor.”