What does stumble mean?
Definitions for stumble
ˈstʌm bəlstum·ble
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word stumble.
Princeton's WordNet
lurch, stumble, staggernoun
an unsteady uneven gait
trip, trip-up, stumble, misstepverb
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"
stumble, falter, bumbleverb
walk unsteadily
"The drunk man stumbled about"
stumble, tripverb
miss a step and fall or nearly fall
"She stumbled over the tree root"
stumble, hitverb
encounter by chance
"I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
stumble, slip up, trip upverb
make an error
"She slipped up and revealed the name"
Wiktionary
stumblenoun
a fall, trip or substantial misstep
stumblenoun
an error or blunder
stumbleverb
to trip or fall
He stumbled over a rock.
stumbleverb
to make a mistake or have trouble
I always stumble over verbs in Spanish.
Webster Dictionary
Stumbleverb
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
Stumbleverb
to walk in an unsteady or clumsy manner
Stumbleverb
to fall into a crime or an error; to err
Stumbleverb
to strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; -- with on, upon, or against
Stumbleverb
to cause to stumble or trip
Stumbleverb
fig.: To mislead; to confound; to perplex; to cause to err or to fall
Stumblenoun
a trip in walking or running
Stumblenoun
a blunder; a failure; a fall from rectitude
Etymology: [OE. stumblen, stomblen; freq. of a word akin to E. stammer. See Stammer.]
Freebase
Stumble
Stumble is Prakash Belawadi's debut film. It won the Indian National Film Award for Best Feature Film in English in 2003. It depicts the new economy, the dot-com bust, stock market scams, mutual funds, and voluntary retirement. The production team intended Stumble to be a film for the middle-class Ananth Nag and Suhasini are in the lead rôles, alongside Priya Ganapati and Allen Mandonca. Belawadi found his cast through the theatre world of Bangalore, and was wholly filmed there. Jesu Domnic and Shyam Nanjundaiah were Editors for this movie. One of the editors Shyam Nanjundaiah also played a small part in the film, appearing alongside Ananth Nag for a brief scene. The movie was featured at the international technical festival, Pragyan at NIT Trichy in January 2006. It was also screened at the Mumbai National Film Festival.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Stumble
stum′bl, v.i. to strike the feet against something, to trip in walking: to light on by chance (with upon): to slide into crime or error.—v.t. to cause to trip or stop: to puzzle.—n. a trip in walking or running: a blunder: a failure.—ns. Stum′bler, one who stumbles; Stum′bling-block, -stone, a block or stone over which one would be likely to stumble: a cause of error.—adv. Stum′blingly.—adj. Stum′bly, apt to stumble. [Skeat explains the b as excrescent, the M. E. stomblen, stomelen, stumlen, also stomeren being from Ice. stumra, to stumble. It is thus a doublet of stammer.]
British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'stumble' in Verbs Frequency: #1045
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of stumble in Chaldean Numerology is: 9
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of stumble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of stumble in a Sentence
Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.
The solutions are hand picked, so often when I have a choice between two words, I'll pick the one that I think the creator would think is more clever and folks would stumble upon.
Keep on going and the chances are you will stumble on something, perhaps when you are least expecting it. I have never heard of anyone stumbling on something sitting down.
It helps, I think, to consider ourselves on a very long journey: the main thing is to keep to the faith, to endure, to help each other when we stumble or tire, to weep and press on.
We may run, walk, stumble, drive, or fly, but let us never lost sight of the reason for the journey, or miss a chance to see a rainbow on the way.
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- zakopnoutCzech
- [[begå]] [[fejl]], fejltrin, fejle, fejl, snublen, snubleDanish
- staksen, Fehltritt, Ausrutscher, Fehler, Schnitzer, Patzer, stolpernGerman
- torpeza, tropezón, caminar torpemente, tropiezo, tropezar, deslizSpanish
- سکندریPersian
- virhe, kompuroida, kompastua, kompastus, mokaFinnish
- trébucher, chute, bourde, faux pasFrench
- tersandungIndonesian
- scivolone, scivolareItalian
- 넘어질 뻔하다Korean
- kluptLatvian
- tapepa, tapepe, tūtukiMāori
- strompelen, struikelenDutch
- snubleNorwegian
- tropeço, tropeçarPortuguese
- mitk'ayQuechua
- спотыкаться, спотыкание, ошибаться, оступаться, проступокRussian
- snubblaSwedish
- สะดุดThai
- 絆倒Chinese
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