āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
to stumble
01
āĻšā§āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻž āĻĒāĻŋāĻāϞ⧠āϝāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž
to accidentally hit something with one's foot and almost fall
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The unexpected rock on the hiking trail caused him to stumble and lose his balance.
āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻā§āϰā§āĻāϞ⧠āĻ
āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰāĻāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻā§ āĻšā§āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ⧠āĻŦāĻžāϧā§āϝ āĻāϰā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
02
āĻšā§āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻāϞāϤ⧠āĻāϞāϤ⧠āĻāϞāĻž
to walk in an unsteady or clumsy manner
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The toddler just learned to walk and still stumbled as he explored the room.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļā§āĻāĻŋ āĻāĻāĻŽāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻā§āĻā§ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāĻāύāĻ āĻšā§āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻā§āĻāĻŋāϞ āϝāĻāύ āϏ⧠āĻāϰāĻāĻŋ āĻ
āύā§āĻŦā§āώāĻŖ āĻāϰāĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
03
āĻĻā§āĻŦāĻā§āϰāĻŽā§ āĻĒāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ āĻĒā§āϰāϤā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻāĻŦāĻŋāώā§āĻāĻžāϰ āĻāϰāĻž
to encounter or discover something by chance or unexpectedly
Transitive: to stumble across sth | to stumble on sth | to stumble upon sth
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
While hiking in the mountains, we stumbled on a hidden waterfall, a beautiful surprise.
āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧā§ āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻŋāĻ āĻāϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āĻāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϞā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻāϞāĻĒā§āϰāĻĒāĻžāϤā§āϰ āĻāĻĒāϰ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§ āĻāϰ⧠āĻāϏ⧠āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āϏā§āύā§āĻĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāϏā§āĻŽāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
04
āĻšā§āĻāĻāĻ āĻāĻžāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āϤā§āϤāϞāĻžāύā§
to make an error or repeated errors while speaking
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As he spoke on live television, he occasionally stumbled, creating moments of awkward silence.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϞāĻžāĻāĻ āĻā§āϞāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻļāύ⧠āĻāĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§ āĻšā§āĻāĻāĻ āĻā§āϤā§āύ, āϝāĻž āĻ
āĻĒā§āϰāϏā§āϤā§āϤ āύā§āϰāĻŦāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻšā§āϰā§āϤ āϤā§āϰāĻŋ āĻāϰāϤāĨ¤
Stumble
01
an unsteady or uneven step
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her stumble made her nearly fall down the stairs.
02
an unintentional, often embarrassing mistake
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Forgetting her lines was a stumble for the actress.
03
a failure or setback, often caused by misfortune
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Their climb to the championship included a stumble in the semifinals.
āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāϤā§āϤā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ
stumbler
stumbling
stumble
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