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- pronunciation:
- stuhm
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- parts of speech:
- verb, noun
| part of speech: |
verb |
| inflections: |
stumbles, stumbling, stumbled |
| definition 1: |
to trip or lose one's balance in walking or running.
He stumbled on a rock and fell down.- synonyms:
- trip
- similar words:
- fall, flounder, lurch, stagger, topple
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| definition 2: |
to speak or act without grace, or in a clumsy way.
He stumbled over his lines in the play because he was nervous.- synonyms:
- blunder, falter
- antonyms:
- breeze
- similar words:
- hesitate, lurch, reel, stagger, totter
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| definition 3: |
to discover, reach, or come across by chance (usually followed by "across," "on," or "upon").
I stumbled upon a letter from my first boyfriend.- synonyms:
- come across, happen on, run across
- similar words:
- bump into, chance, hit on, strike
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| related words: |
limp, lumber, stammer, tumble |
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| definition: |
an act or instance of stumbling.
He took a stumble on the rocks.- similar words:
- stagger
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| related words: |
fall, tumble |
| derivation: |
stumblingly (adv.) |
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