Definitions for stumble
ˈstʌm bəlstum·ble

Princeton's WordNet(2.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. lurch, stumble, stagger(noun)

   an unsteady uneven gait

2. trip, trip-up, stumble, misstep(verb)

   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. stumble, falter, bumble(verb)

   walk unsteadily

   "The drunk man stumbled about"

4. stumble, trip(verb)

   miss a step and fall or nearly fall

   "She stumbled over the tree root"

5. stumble, hit(verb)

   encounter by chance

   "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

6. stumble, slip up, trip up(verb)

   make an error

   "She slipped up and revealed the name"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stumble(Noun)

   a fall, trip or substantial misstep

2. stumble(Noun)

   an error or blunder

3. stumble(Verb)

   to trip or fall

   He stumbled over a rock.

4. stumble(Verb)

   to make a mistake or have trouble

   I always stumble over verbs in Spanish.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Stumble(verb)

   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

   Etymology: [OE. stumblen, stomblen; freq. of a word akin to E. stammer. See Stammer.]

2. Stumble(verb)

   to walk in an unsteady or clumsy manner

   Etymology: [OE. stumblen, stomblen; freq. of a word akin to E. stammer. See Stammer.]

3. Stumble(verb)

   to fall into a crime or an error; to err

   Etymology: [OE. stumblen, stomblen; freq. of a word akin to E. stammer. See Stammer.]

4. Stumble(verb)

   to strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; -- with on, upon, or against

   Etymology: [OE. stumblen, stomblen; freq. of a word akin to E. stammer. See Stammer.]

5. Stumble(verb)

   to cause to stumble or trip

   Etymology: [OE. stumblen, stomblen; freq. of a word akin to E. stammer. See Stammer.]

6. Stumble(verb)

   fig.: To mislead; to confound; to perplex; to cause to err or to fall

   Etymology: [OE. stumblen, stomblen; freq. of a word akin to E. stammer. See Stammer.]

7. Stumble(noun)

   a trip in walking or running

   Etymology: [OE. stumblen, stomblen; freq. of a word akin to E. stammer. See Stammer.]

8. Stumble(noun)

   a blunder; a failure; a fall from rectitude

   Etymology: [OE. stumblen, stomblen; freq. of a word akin to E. stammer. See Stammer.]

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1. 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(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. 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

1. Verbs Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'stumble' in Verbs Frequency: #1045

Anagrams for stumble »

1. tumbles

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of stumble in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of stumble in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of stumble in a Sentence

1. Mary Caroline Richards:

   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.

2. Jennifer Hetterscheidt:

   She'll stumble now and then but as long as she can get a grip where she is, she can get up, even though she's easy to care for, we watch her like a hawk every moment that we're awake.

3. Benny Liu:

   Initially we thought we contaminated our samples, or mixed up the two drugs. And so we repeated these experiments over and over again, and got the same exact results, it was a blind stumble onto this discovery.

4. Amanda Rodriguez:

   I began to feel uncomfortable being naked in front of them because of the questions and the poking and prodding and search for Mommy's 'inside penis' -- that's what they thought a vagina was, i don't think it makes them terrible people or scars them for life if they stumble into the bathroom while I'm going, but it's easily avoidable awkwardness none of us really needs to experience on a daily basis.

5. Frederic Neumann:

   China's demand stumble comes at an awkward time, just when more and more supply of raw materials is coming on stream in many sectors. No quick fix in sight, china's stock market stumble now risks knocking demand down further. What all this points to is the need for a lot more easing, including extra fiscal spending. China's economy is highly dependent on construction. With that engine sputtering, mainland commodity demand will struggle to make headway for a while.

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