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stum·ble  (stmbl)

v. stum·bled, stum·bling, stum·bles

v.intr.

1.

a. To miss one's step in walking or running; trip and almost fall.

b. To proceed unsteadily or falteringly; flounder. See Synonyms at blunder.

c. To act or speak falteringly or clumsily.

2. To make a mistake; blunder.

3. To fall into evil ways; err.

4. To come upon accidentally or unexpectedly: "The urge to wider voyages . . . caused men to stumble upon New America" Kenneth Cragg.

v.tr.

To cause to stumble.

n.

1. The act of stumbling.

2. A mistake or blunder.

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[Middle English stumblen, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Old Norse stumra.]

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stumbler n.

stumbling·ly adv.

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stumble

Verb

[-bling, -bled]

1. to trip and almost fall while walking or running

2. to walk in an unsteady or unsure way

3. to make mistakes or hesitate in speech

4. stumble across or on or upon to encounter or discover (someone or something) by accident

Noun

an act of stumbling [Middle English stomble]

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stumble - an unsteady uneven gait               lurch, stagger gait - a person's manner of walking
	2.	stumble - an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep" misstep, trip-up, trip blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, bloomer - an embarrassing mistake
Verb	1.	stumble - walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about" bumble, falter walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
	2.	stumble - miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root" trip move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right" founder - stumble and nearly fall; "the horses foundered"
	3.	stumble - encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant" hit come into, come by - obtain, especially accidentally
	4.	stumble - make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name" slip up, trip up err, mistake, slip - to make a mistake or be incorrect

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stumble

verb 1. trip, fall, slip, reel, stagger, falter, flounder, lurch, come a cropper (informal) lose your balance, blunder about

verb 2. totter, reel, stagger, blunder, falter, lurch, wobble, teeter

verb 3. falter, hesitate, stammer, stutter, fluff (informal)

stumble across or on or upon something or someone discover, find, come across, encounter, run across, chance upon, happen upon, light upon, blunder upon

Translations

stumble [ˈstʌmbl] vi → tropezar, dar un traspié

stumble across vt fus (fig) → tropezar con

stumble [ˈstʌmbl] vi → trébucher;

to stumble across or on (fig) → tomber sur

stumble [ˈstʌmbl] vi → stolpern;

to stumble across or on (fig) → (zufällig) stoßen auf +acc

stumble [ˈstʌmbl] vi → inciampare;

to stumble across (fig) → imbattersi in

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stumble

v stumble [ˈstambl]

1 to strike the foot against something and lose one's balance, or nearly fall He stumbled over the edge of the carpet.struikelيَتَعَثَّرпрепъвам сеzakopnoutsnublestolpernσκοντάφτωtropezarkomistamaلغزيدنkompastuatrébucherלִמעוֹדठोकर खाना, ठोकर लगानाspotaknuti se, posrnutimegbotliktersandunghrasainciampareつまずく(...에) 채여 비틀거리다užkliūti, sukluptiaizķerties; paklupttersandungstruikelensnublepotknąć siętropeçara se împiedicaспотыкатьсяzakopnúťspotakniti sesaplesti sesnubbla, snavaสะดุดsendelemek, tökezlemek絆倒спотикатисяٹھوکر کھاناsẩy chân, trượt chân绊倒

2 to walk unsteadily He stumbled along the track in the dark.strompelيَمْشي بدون ثَباتкрача неувереноklopýtattumle afstedstolpernσκουντουφλώ, περπατάω με αστάθειαavanzar dando tropezones/traspiéskomberdamaتلوتلو خوردنkompuroidaavancer en trébuchantלְהִשתַרֵךलड़खड़ानाposrtatibotorkáltersaruk-sarukskjögraincespicareよろよろ歩く비틀거리며 걷다klupinėtiiet klupšusterhuyung-hayangstrompelenav gårde tumleutykać, iść utykającandar aos tropeçOesa se clătinaковылятьpotkýnať saspotikati setumaratistappla, snubblaเดินโซเซsendeleyerek yürümek蹣跚шкандибати, шкутильгатиلڑکھڑاناđi loạng choạng蹒跚

3 to make mistakes, or hesitate in speaking, reading aloud etc He stumbles over his words when speaking in public.struikelيَتَلَعْثَم، يُتَعَثَّر بالكَلامгрешаzadrhávatsnuble over ordene; lede efter ordenestotternκομπιάζω, μπλέκει η γλώσσα μουtropezar, atrabancarse; balbucirtakerduma, koperdamaخطاي لفظي كردنkangerrellahésiter en parlantלְגַמגֵםभूल करनाzamuckivati, pogriješitiakadozva beszélterbata-bataverða fótaskortur á tungunniincespicare, esitareしくじる실수하다; 말을 더듬다kluptiklupt/aizķerties (pie vārdiem); stomītiestergagap-gagapstruikelensnuble over ordenejąkać siętropeçara se poticni la vorbăзапинатьсяzaseknúť sa, zaraziť sazatikati sezaplitatistaka sigพูดตะกุกตะกักyanlışlık yapmak; dili sürçmek結結巴巴地說(讀)затинатися; помилятисяغلطی کرناngần ngại, lưỡng lự结结巴巴地说（读）

n ˈstumbling-block

a difficulty that prevents progress. struikelblokحَجَر عَثْرَهспънкаkámen úrazuforhindringdas Hindernisεμπόδιοtropiezo, escollokomistuskiviسد راهkompastuskivipierre d'achoppementמִכשוֹלकठिनाई, बाधा, अवरोध, अडंगा, ठोकरkamen spoticanja, zaprekaakadályhalanganásteytingarsteinn; hindrunostacolo, intoppo障害장애물, 방해물kliūtispiedauzības akmenshalanganstruikelblokhindringzawadaobstáculopiatră de încercareкамень преткновенияkameň úrazukamen spotikekamen spoticanjastötestenสิ่งกีดขวางengel, mâni絆腳石камінь спотиканняرکاوٹhoàn cảnh gây khó khăn绊脚石

stumble across/on

to find by chance I stumbled across this book today in a shop.ontdekيَعْثُر بالصُّدْفَهнатъквам сеpadnout nafalde overzufällig stoßen aufβρίσκω τυχαίαtropezar con, encontrar por casualidadpeale sattumaتصادفا به چيزي برخوردنlöytää sattumaltatomber surלְהִיתַקֵל בְּמַפתִיעसंयोग से मिल जाना, संयोग से ठोकर लगनाnaletjeti, slučajno naićirábukkan vmiredengan tak sengajarekast á(trovare per caso)偶然に見つける우연히 발견하다aptiktinejauši atrast; uzietdengan tak sengajatoevallig tegenkomenfinne tilfeldig, slumpe tilnatknąć siędeparar coma da pesteнатолкнутьсяnatrafiť, naraziť nanaleteti nanaleteti nastöta (råka) påพบโดยบังเอิญtesadüfen bulmak偶爾發現наштовхнутисяکسی چیز کو دریافت کرناtìm thấy một cách tình cờ偶尔发现