to stumble
129
1.6
- verb
- /ˈstʌmbl/
:
tropezar (con)
- We immediately run in the opposite direction, stumbling over Greenslade, who's still shuffling toward the car.
- stumble and fall
- stumble around
- stumble over a rock
Salt drunk, I stumbled, swaying down the path.
- Salt drunk, I stumbled, swaying down the path.
- I didn't just trip and like stumble and like find my footing.
- And then there was blinding agony and Jay stumbles Into Darkness.
- And when we stumble and fall, we'll talk about it.
- Alfonso stumbles from the corpse of the soldier.
- Joji stands, stumbles toward the boy how is on his feet too.
- It demands of us that whether we stumble, we fall.
- I've watched more drunk people than I can remember stumble in and out.
- And then I'm like you, you dumb ass, get going, stumble, like literally stumble onto the helicopter.
- Apparently, we're freaking out at Biden's poor debate performance and the fact that he stumbled off the stage.
- Do you get up in the morning and just kind of stumble around, or are you situationally aware?
Examples
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Look, maybe he just stumbled in here on accident.
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Now, as I watched this beautiful bird stumble across the open field, dipping
Fiction book (1990) -
I try to walk away, and I stumble
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With a loud crash, the surprised man stumbles back into a table and hits the floor.
Fiction book (1990) -
He'd wake up afterward and stumble out of the rented room, wherever it was.
Fiction book (1990) -
A boy about Praful's size but much darker came stumbling toward me.
Academic text (2012) -
Beneath the lead-colored sky, she ran to the oil field, stumbling here and there over rocks.
Fiction book (1990) -
Then, staring straight ahead, he stumbled awkwardly through the crowd, weaving toward the door.
Fiction book (1990) -
Llewellyn Moss, the character for whom the reader cheers, stumbles upon a grisly murder scene.
Academic text (2009) -
As he walked down the uneven path, he suddenly stumbled and nearly fell into the bushes.
Synonyms
219
2.2
To cause someone to stumble or lose balance
49
1.9
Lose your balance when your foot hits or catches on something while walking
16
4.6
To move in an unsteady way as if about to fall
11
4.8
To walk in an unsteady way as if about to fall
8
1.0
An accidental sliding that makes you lose your balance
7
5.4
To fall suddenly, for example by tripping or by losing value
1
6.8
To stumble or fall because you are clumsy
1
5.6
To lose balance and almost fall
To stumble and catch your foot while walking
Antonyms
Idioms
- Informal
1
5.6
To speak with small pauses and mistakes because you are nervous
Phrasal Verbs
How Unsteady
Surface Forms
Etymology
Stumble comes from an old idea of hitting a tree stump, something you might trip over on the ground. So to stumble is to 'trip' or lose your balance, like when your foot hits an unexpected block.