stumble in English dictionary

  • stumble

    Meanings and definitions of "stumble"

    • a fall, trip or substantial misstep
    • (intransitive) to trip or fall
    • (intransitive) to make a mistake or have trouble
    • (to) stumble
    • noun
      A fall, trip or substantial misstep.
    • noun
      An error or blunder.
    • noun
      A clumsy walk.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
    • verb
      (intransitive)
      To make a mistake or have trouble.
    • verb
      (transitive)
      To cause to stumble or trip.
    • verb
      (transitive, figuratively)
      To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.
    • verb
      To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, or against.
    • an error or blunder
    • a fall or trip
    • to trip or fall
    • to make a mistake or have trouble
    • noun
      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"
    • noun
      an unsteady uneven gait
    • verb
      encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
    • verb
      make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"
    • verb
      miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"
    • verb
      walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"

    Synonyms of "stumble" in English dictionary

    fuckup, foul-up, mistake are the top synonyms of "stumble" in the English thesaurus.

    Grammar and declension of stumble

    • stumble ( third-person singular simple present stumbles, present participle stumbling, simple past and past participle stumbled)
    • stumble ( plural  stumbles)
    • stumble (plural stumbles)
    • stumble (third-person singular simple present stumbles, present participle stumbling, simple past and past participle stumbled)
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