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stumble

/ stumble /
verb/noun

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
make an error
"She slipped up and revealed the name"
Type of:
err mistake slip
Derived:
trip trip-up misstep slip slip-up
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
verb Sense 2
miss a step and fall or nearly fall
"She stumbled over the tree root"
Type of:
move
Kinds of:
founder
Derived:
slip trip stumbler tripper
Entails:
walk
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 3
walk unsteadily
"The drunk man stumbled about"
Type of:
walk
Derived:
lurch stagger
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
verb Sense 4
encounter by chance
"I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
Type of:
come by
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something with something
noun Sense 5
an unsteady uneven gait
Type of:
gait
Derived:
stagger flounder reel keel lurch
noun Sense 6
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"
Type of:
blunder blooper bloomer
Derived:
slip up trip up catch
Semantic Complexity
51%
Sense Count
6
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
31
Times Searched
3
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err mistake slip move founder walk come by gait blunder blooper bloomer