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Stumble

Stumble Meaning & Definition
Stumble Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Stumble?

[n] an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
[n] an unsteady uneven gait
[v] make an error
[v] miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root."
[v] walk unsteadily
[v] encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Stumble: blunder | bumble | falter | hit | lurch | misstep | slip up | stagger | trip | trip | trip up

Related Terms | Find terms related to Stumble:

See Also | bloomer | blooper | blunder | boner | boo-boo | botch | bungle | come by | err | flub | foul-up | founder | fuckup | gait | mistake | move | slip | walk

Stumble In Webster's Dictionary

\Stum"ble\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Stumbled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Stumbling}.] [OE. stumblen, stomblen; freq. of a word akin to E. stammer. See {Stammer}.] 1. 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. There stumble steeds strong and down go all. --Chaucer. The way of the wicked is as darkness: they know at what they stumble. --Prov. iv. 19. 2. To walk in an unsteady or clumsy manner. He stumbled up the dark avenue. --Sir W. Scott. 3. To fall into a crime or an error; to err. He that loveth his brother abideth in the light, and there is none occasion og stumbling in him. --1 John ii. 10. 4. To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; -- with on, upon, or against. Ovid stumbled, by some inadvertency, upon Livia in a bath. --Dryden. Forth as she waddled in the brake, A gray goose stumbled on a snake. --C. Smart.
\Stum"ble\, v. t. 1. To cause to stumble or trip. 2. Fig.: To mislead; to confound; to perplex; to cause to err or to fall. False and dazzling fires to stumble men. --Milton. One thing more stumbles me in the very foundation of this hypothesis. --Locke.
\Stum"ble\, n. 1. A trip in walking or running. 2. A blunder; a failure; a fall from rectitude. One stumble is enough to deface the character of an honorable life. --L'Estrange.

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