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stumble
('st/@/mb/@/l )

noun (n)

  • an unsteady uneven gait(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    lurch, stagger
    source: wordnet30
  • an unintentional but embarrassing blunder(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    misstep, trip, trip-up
    source: wordnet30
  • A trip in walking or running.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • walk unsteadily(verb.motion)
    Example:
    The drunk man stumbled about.
    Synonym:
    bumble, coggle, dodder, falter, paddle, toddle, totter, waddle
    source: wordnet30
  • miss a step and fall or nearly fall(verb.motion)
    Example:
    She stumbled over the tree root.
    Synonym:
    trip
    source: wordnet30
  • encounter by chance(verb.possession)
    Example:
    I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant.
    Synonym:
    hit
    source: wordnet30
  • make an error(verb.cognition)
    Synonym:
    slip up, trip up
    source: wordnet30
  • To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To cause to stumble or trip.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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