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Stumble

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Noun

1. lurch, stagger, stumble

an unsteady uneven gait

2. misstep, stumble, trip, trip-up

an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

Example Sentences:
'he recited the whole poem without a single trip'
'he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later'
'confusion caused his unfortunate misstep'

Verb

3. bumble, falter, stumble

walk unsteadily

Example Sentences:
'The drunk man stumbled about'

4. stumble, trip

miss a step and fall or nearly fall

Example Sentences:
'She stumbled over the tree root'

5. hit, stumble

encounter by chance

Example Sentences:
'I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant'

6. slip up, stumble, trip up

make an error

Example Sentences:
'She slipped up and revealed the name'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Stumble

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verb (intransitive)
1. 
to trip or fall while walking or running
2. 
to walk in an awkward, unsteady, or unsure way
3. 
to make mistakes or hesitate in speech or actions
4. (foll by across or upon)
to come (across) by accident
5. 
to commit a grave mistake or sin
noun
6. 
a false step, trip, or blunder
7. 
the act of stumbling

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Stumble

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verb intransitiveWord forms: ˈstumbled or ˈstumbling
1. 
to trip or miss one's step in walking, running, etc.
2. 
to walk or go in an unsteady or awkward manner, as from age, weakness, etc.
3. 
to speak, act, or proceed in a confused, blundering manner
to stumble through a speech
4. 
to fall into sin or error; do wrong
5. 
to come by chance; happen
to stumble across a clue
verb transitive
6. 
to cause to stumble
7. 
to puzzle or perplex; confound
noun
8. 
the act of stumbling
9. 
a blunder, error, or sin

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Stumble

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v. stum·bled, stum·bling, stum·bles
v.intr.
1.
a. To miss one's step in walking or running; trip and almost fall.
b. To proceed unsteadily or falteringly; flounder. See Synonyms at blunder.
c. To act or speak falteringly or clumsily: an inexperienced actor stumbling through his lines.
2. To make a mistake or mistakes; blunder: The administration stumbled badly on foreign policy.
3. To come upon accidentally or unexpectedly: "The urge to wider voyages ... caused men to stumble upon New America" (Kenneth Cragg).
v.tr.
To cause to stumble.
n.
1. The act of stumbling.
2. A mistake or blunder.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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