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What (who) is Stumble - definition
stumble
v.
1) (d; intr.) to stumble across, into, on, onto, upon ('to meet by chance') (to stumble across an old friend)
2) (D; intr.) to stumble over ('to trip over') (he stumbled over every sentence)
stumble
(stumbles, stumbling, stumbled)
1.
If you stumble, you put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running and nearly fall over.
He stumbled and almost fell...
I stumbled into the telephone box and dialed 999.
VERB: V, V prep/adv
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Stumble is also a noun.
I make it into the darkness with only one stumble.
N-COUNT: usu sing
2.
If you stumble while you are reading aloud or speaking, you make a mistake, and have to pause before saying the words properly.
...his voice wavered and he stumbled over the words at one point.
VERB: V over n, also V
stumble
I. v. a.
1.
Obstruct, trip, cause to stumble.
2.
Perplex, confound, puzzle, nonplus, confuse, embarrass, pose.
II. v. n.
1.
Trip, miss one's footing, make a false step.
2.
Err, do wrong.
III. n.
1.
Trip, false step.
2.
Error, blunder, failure.
Examples of use of Stumble
1. Dodd, hope to capitalize if the front–runners stumble.
2. I stumble across a queue in one of the corridors.
3. When reading official announcements, he can stumble over words.
4. Mr Bush voiced support for renewables – but did he stumble?
5. But a stumble over his words gets the chamber jeering.