stumble
stum
ˈstʌm
stam
ble
bəl
bēl
/ˈstʌmbəl/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "stumble"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻšā§‹āρāϚāϟ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻž āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to accidentally hit something with one's foot and almost fall
Intransitive
to stumble definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The unexpected rock on the hiking trail caused him to stumble and lose his balance.
āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻŸā§āϰ⧇āχāϞ⧇ āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤ āĻĒāĻžāĻĨāϰāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻšā§‹āρāϚāϟ āĻ–āĻžāχāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ­āĻžāϰāϏāĻžāĻŽā§āϝ āĻšāĻžāϰāĻžāϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ§ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻšā§‹āρāϚāϟ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϟāϞāϤ⧇ āϟāϞāϤ⧇ āϚāϞāĻž

to walk in an unsteady or clumsy manner
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The toddler just learned to walk and still stumbled as he explored the room.
āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋ āĻāχāĻŽāĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻšāĻžāρāϟāĻž āĻļāĻŋāϖ⧇āϛ⧇ āĻāĻŦāĻ‚ āĻāĻ–āύāĻ“ āĻšā§‹āρāϚāϟ āĻ–āĻžāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻ–āύ āϏ⧇ āϘāϰāϟāĻŋ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āĻŦ⧇āώāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻĻ⧈āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽā§‡ āĻĒāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¤ā§āϝāĻžāĻļāĻŋāϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻŦāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to encounter or discover something by chance or unexpectedly
Transitive: to stumble across sth | to stumble on sth | to stumble upon sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
While hiking in the mountains, we stumbled on a hidden waterfall, a beautiful surprise.
āĻĒāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ, āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϞ⧁āĻ•āĻžāύ⧋ āϜāϞāĻĒā§āϰāĻĒāĻžāϤ⧇āϰ āωāĻĒāϰ āĻšāĻ āĻžā§Ž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āĻāϏ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞāĻžāĻŽ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āϏ⧁āĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϰ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ¸ā§āĻŽāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻšā§‹āρāϚāϟ āĻ–āĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āϤ⧋āϤāϞāĻžāύ⧋

to make an error or repeated errors while speaking
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
As he spoke on live television, he occasionally stumbled, creating moments of awkward silence.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϞāĻžāχāĻ­ āĻŸā§‡āϞāĻŋāĻ­āĻŋāĻļāύ⧇ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻŽāĻžāĻā§‡ āĻšā§‹āρāϚāϟ āϖ⧇āϤ⧇āύ, āϝāĻž āĻ…āĻĒā§āϰāĻ¸ā§āϤ⧁āϤ āύ⧀āϰāĻŦāϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻšā§‚āĻ°ā§āϤ āϤ⧈āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āϰāϤāĨ¤
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an unsteady or uneven step

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her stumble made her nearly fall down the stairs.
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an unintentional, often embarrassing mistake

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Forgetting her lines was a stumble for the actress.
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a failure or setback, often caused by misfortune

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Their climb to the championship included a stumble in the semifinals.

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

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