Sekirov Dictionary

stumble

/ˈstʌmbəl/

verb 5
noun 3
forms 5
phrases 5

verb5

•
To misstep; to walk or run clumsily; to trip or fall.
- He stumbled over a rock.
- Last night, you drunkenly stumbled to the front door, waking up the whole house.
•
To cause to stumble or trip.
- Slowly, I turned around and the shock of it stumbled me back a few steps. — 2017
•
To make a discovery unexpectedly or accidentally; to chance, come, or happen (upon a person or thing) (with onto, across, on, upon).
- We stumbled onto the answer without even trying.
•
To make mistakes, to have trouble.
- I always stumble over verbs in Spanish.
•
To mislead, to cause to err or fall.
- False and dazzling fires to stumble men. — 1644

noun3

•
A fall, trip or substantial misstep.
- I went to his aid. As he said, a board in the floor was loose. His stepping on it unawares had caused his stumble. — 1897
•
An error or blunder.
- Possibly Mr. Carrados was considering it from his own way round for he did not appear to notice anything in her stumble. — 1934
A clumsy walk.

forms

stumbled · stumbling · stumbles · stumbleth · stumblest

Phrases with stumble

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