Definitions for stumble
ˈstʌm bəlstum·ble

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

1. lurch, stumble, staggernoun

   an unsteady uneven gait

2. 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"

3. stumble, falter, bumbleverb

   walk unsteadily

   "The drunk man stumbled about"

4. stumble, tripverb

   miss a step and fall or nearly fall

   "She stumbled over the tree root"

5. stumble, hitverb

   encounter by chance

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

6. stumble, slip up, trip upverb

   make an error

   "She slipped up and revealed the name"

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. stumblenoun

   a fall, trip or substantial misstep

2. stumblenoun

   an error or blunder

3. stumbleverb

   to trip or fall

   He stumbled over a rock.

4. stumbleverb

   to make a mistake or have trouble

   I always stumble over verbs in Spanish.

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

1. 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

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

2. Stumbleverb

   to walk in an unsteady or clumsy manner

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

3. Stumbleverb

   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. Stumbleverb

   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. Stumbleverb

   to cause to stumble or trip

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

6. Stumbleverb

   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. Stumblenoun

   a trip in walking or running

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

8. Stumblenoun

   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.]

Matched Categories

1. • Come By
   • Err
   • Gait
   • Move

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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. Winston Churchill:

   Men stumble over the truth from time to time, but most pick themselves up and hurry off as if nothing happened.

3. Mehmet Murat ildan:

   Stumble is worse than falling, because stumble is not as instructive as the falling!

4. Sharon Salzberg:

   Often we can achieve an even better result when we stumble yet are willing to start over, when we don't give up after a mistake, when something doesn't come easily but we throw ourselves into trying, when we're not afraid to appear less than perfectly polished.

5. Aaron David Miller:

   I don't think there are any traps that will be set, the question is whether he generates them on his own. And gets out of his own way. And there's no way to predict that. As carefully orchestrated and choreographed as these trips may be, there's always the possibility of a stumble or an inappropriate remark.

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