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English noun: stumble | |||
| 1. | stumble (act) an unsteady uneven gait | ||
| Synonyms | lurch, stagger | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | gait | ||
| 2. | stumble (act) an unintentional but embarrassing blunder | ||
| Samples | He recited the whole poem without a single trip. He arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later. Confusion caused his unfortunate misstep. | ||
| Synonyms | misstep, trip, trip-up | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall | ||
English verb: stumble | |||
| 1. | stumble (motion) walk unsteadily | ||
| Samples | The drunk man stumbled about. | ||
| Synonyms | bumble, falter | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | walk | ||
| 2. | stumble (motion) miss a step and fall or nearly fall | ||
| Samples | She stumbled over the tree root. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue stumble | ||
| Synonyms | trip | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | founder | ||
| Entail | walk | ||
| 3. | stumble (possession) encounter by chance | ||
| Samples | I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant. | ||
| Synonyms | hit | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | come by, come into | ||
| 4. | stumble (cognition) make an error | ||
| Samples | She slipped up and revealed the name. | ||
| Synonyms | slip up, trip up | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | err, mistake, slip | ||
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