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1. (v.i.) stumble
to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall.
2. stumble
to walk or go unsteadily.
3. stumble
to make a slip, mistake, or blunder, esp. a sinful one.
4. stumble
to proceed in a hesitating or blundering manner, as in action or speech (often fol. by along).
5. stumble
to discover or meet with accidentally or unexpectedly (usu. fol. by on, upon, or across):
They stumbled on a little village.
6. (n.) stumble
the act of stumbling.
7. stumble
a moral lapse or error.
8. stumble
a slip or blunder.
Etymology: (1275–1325; < ON; akin to stammer)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) lurch, stumble, stagger
an unsteady uneven gait
2. (verb) trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep
an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
"he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
3. (verb) stumble, falter, bumble
walk unsteadily
"The drunk man stumbled about"
4. (verb) stumble, trip
miss a step and fall or nearly fall
"She stumbled over the tree root"
5. (verb) stumble, hit
encounter by chance
"I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
6. (verb) stumble, slip up, trip up
make an error
"She slipped up and revealed the name"
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1. (verb) stumble
to almost fall as you are moving
The horse stumbled as the race started.; I stumbled over something in the dark.
2. stumble
to say sth incorrectly as you speak
I was nervous and stumbled a few times.
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) stumble
a trip in walking or running
2. (noun) stumble
a blunder; a failure; a fall from rectitude
3. (verb) stumble
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
4. (verb) stumble
to walk in an unsteady or clumsy manner
5. (verb) stumble
to fall into a crime or an error; to err
6. (verb) stumble
to strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; -- with on, upon, or against
7. (verb) stumble
to cause to stumble or trip
8. (verb) stumble
fig.: To mislead; to confound; to perplex; to cause to err or to fall
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Sense: to strike the foot against something and lose one's balance, or nearly fall
He stumbled over the edge of the carpet.
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 Afrikaans: struikel |
 Arabic: يَتَعَثَّر |
 Bulgarian: препъвам се |
 Brazilian: tropeçar |
 Czech: zakopnout |
 German: stolpern |
 Danish: snuble |
 Greek: σκοντάφτω |
 Spanish: tropezar |
 Estonian: komistama |
 Farsi: لغزيدن |
 Finnish: kompastua |
 French: trébucher |
 Hebrew: לִמעוֹד |
 Hindi: ठोकर खाना, ठोकर लगाना |
 Croatian: spotaknuti se, posrnuti |
 Hungarian: megbotlik |
 Indonesian: tersandung |
 Icelandic: hrasa |
 Italian: inciampare |
 Japanese: つまずく |
 Korean: 발부리가 걸리다 |
 Lithuanian: užkliūti, suklupti |
 Latvian: aizķerties; paklupt |
 Malay: tersandung |
 Dutch: struikelen |
 Norwegian: snuble |
 Polish: potknąć się |
 Persian: لغزيدن |
 Pashto: ښویدل |
 Portuguese: tropeçar |
 Romanian: a seîmpiedica |
 Russian: спотыкаться |
 Slovak: zakopnúť |
 Slovenian: spotakniti se |
 Serbian: saplesti se |
 Swedish: snubbla, snava |
 Thai: สะดุด |
 Turkish: sendelemek, tökezlemek |
 Taiwanese: 絆倒 |
 Ukrainian: спотикатися |
 Urdu: ٹھوکر کھانا |
 Vietnamese: sẩy chân, trượt chân |
 Chinese: 绊倒 |
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