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- pronunciation:
- stuhm
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- parts of speech:
- intransitive verb, noun
- features:
- Word Combinations (verb, noun)
part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
inflections: |
stumbles, stumbling, stumbled |
definition 1: |
to trip or lose one's balance in walking or running.
She would have won the race if she hadn't stumbled.Don't leave your skates on the floor where somebody can stumble over them.- synonyms:
- trip
- similar words:
- fall, flounder, halt, lurch, stagger, topple
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definition 2: |
to falter or proceed clumsily in speech or action.
Nervousness made him stumble over his lines.- synonyms:
- blunder, falter, trip
- antonyms:
- breeze
- similar words:
- halt, hesitate, lurch, reel, stagger, totter
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definition 3: |
to blunder or err.
If this boy stumbles, the other child will win the spelling bee.- synonyms:
- blunder, err, slip
- similar words:
- bungle, fault, flub, goof, mistake, muff, trip
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definition 4: |
to discover, reach, or come across accidentally or unexpectedly (usu. fol. by "across," "on," or "upon").
I stumbled across this old photograph the other day when I was cleaning out my drawer.- synonyms:
- come across, happen on, run across
- similar words:
- bump into, chance, hit on, strike
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related words: |
hit, hitch, limp, lumber, shake, stammer, toddle, tumble, wallow |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
an act or instance of stumbling.
That stumble cost him the race.- synonyms:
- falter
- similar words:
- misstep, stagger, trip
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definition 2: |
an error or blunder.
The senator's embarrassing stumble was widely reported in the newspapers.- synonyms:
- blunder, flub, mistake, trip
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related words: |
fall, falter, hitch, toddle, totter, tumble |
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derivation: |
stumblingly (adv.) |
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