| stumble | | |
| n. (act) | 1. lurch, stagger, stumble | an unsteady uneven gait. |
| ~ gait | a person's manner of walking. |
| n. (act) | 2. misstep, stumble, trip, trip-up | 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" |
| ~ blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, bloomer, fuckup, pratfall | an embarrassing mistake. |
| v. (motion) | 3. bumble, falter, stumble | walk unsteadily.; "The drunk man stumbled about" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (motion) | 4. stumble, trip | miss a step and fall or nearly fall.; "She stumbled over the tree root" |
| ~ 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" |
| ~ 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" |
| v. (possession) | 5. hit, stumble | encounter by chance.; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant" |
| ~ come into, come by | obtain, especially accidentally. |
| v. (cognition) | 6. slip up, stumble, trip up | make an error.; "She slipped up and revealed the name" |
| ~ err, mistake, slip | to make a mistake or be incorrect. |
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