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Meaning of stumble in English
Pronunciation
/ˈstəmbəl/
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Verb
stumble
Etymology
Middle English (as a verb): from Old Norse, from the Germanic base of stammer
Definitions
1.
walk unsteadily
Examples
« The drunk man stumbled about »
2.
miss a step and fall or nearly fall
Examples
« She stumbled over the tree root »
3.
encounter by chance
Examples
« I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant »
4.
make an error
Examples
« She slipped up and revealed the name »
Noun
stumble
Definitions
1.
an unsteady uneven gait
2.
an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
Examples
« he recited the whole poem without a single trip »
« he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later »
« confusion caused his unfortunate misstep »