English dictionary

stumble

/'st/@/mb/@/l/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

walk unsteadily

verb.motion

Examples
The drunk man stumbled about.

Synonyms bumble coggle dodder falter paddle toddle totter waddle

Source: WordNet 3.0
miss a step and fall or nearly fall

verb.motion

Examples
She stumbled over the tree root.

Synonyms trip

Source: WordNet 3.0
encounter by chance

verb.possession

Examples
I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant.

Synonyms hit

Source: WordNet 3.0
make an error

verb.cognition

Synonyms slip up trip up

Source: WordNet 3.0
To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.

verb

Source: webster1913
To cause to stumble or trip.

verb

Source: webster1913