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- Dictionarystumble/ˈstʌmbl/
verb
- 1. trip or momentarily lose one's balance; almost fall: "her foot caught in the rug and she stumbled" Similar
noun
- 1. an act of stumbling: "he broke a bone in his foot in a stumble down an Alpine pass"
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STUMBLE definition: 1. to step awkwardly while walking or running and fall or begin to fall: 2. to walk in a way that…. Learn more.
1. a. : to fall into sin or waywardness. b. : to make an error : blunder. c. : to come to an obstacle to belief. 2. : to trip in walking or running. 3. a. : to walk unsteadily or clumsily. b. : to speak or act in a hesitant or faltering manner. 4. a. : to come unexpectedly or by chance. stumble onto the truth.
If you stumble, you put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running and nearly fall over.
to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip. to walk or go unsteadily: to stumble down a dark passage. to make a slip, mistake, or blunder, especially a sinful one: to stumble over a question; to stumble and fall from grace.
an act of falling or almost falling, especially because you hit your foot against something. After a slight stumble backwards, he regained his balance. a mistake that causes you to stop when you are reading, speaking or playing music. verbal stumbles. Check pronunciation: stumble. Definition of stumble noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary.
To stumble means to nearly fall by tripping or missing a step. When you walk over uneven cobblestones, it’s easy to stumble, so please be careful. While stumble often means to nearly fall, it can also mean to make a misstep of a different kind.
STUMBLE definition: 1. to step badly and almost fall over: 2. to make a mistake, such as pausing or repeating a word…. Learn more.
