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- Dictionarystumbling/ˈstʌmblɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. tripping or losing balance while walking; moving with difficulty: "they began their stumbling walk home"
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STUMBLING definition: 1. walking in a way that is awkward or not controlled: 2. involving mistakes when speaking, such…. Learn more.
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. b. : to fall or move carelessly.
1. verb. If you stumble, you put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running and nearly fall over. He stumbled and almost fell. [VERB] I slammed the front door and stumbled into the room. [VERB preposition/adverb] Synonyms: totter, reel, stagger, blunder More Synonyms of stumble. Stumble is also a noun.
1. to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall. 2. to walk or go unsteadily. 3. to make a slip, mistake, or blunder, esp. a sinful one. 4. to proceed in a hesitating or blundering manner, as in action or speech (often fol. by along ).
Stumble definition: to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.. See examples of STUMBLE used in a sentence.
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.
1. to trip or fall while walking or running. 2. to walk in an awkward, unsteady, or unsure way. 3. to make mistakes or hesitate in speech or actions. 4. (foll by: across or upon) to come (across) by accident.
To speak, act, or proceed in a confused, blundering manner. To stumble through a speech. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. More Verb Definitions (5) Synonyms: mistake. err. miscue. slip-up. trip up. slip. bumble. falter.
She was stumbling through life in a fog. By stumbling while walking on the line. The first form darted through trees and brush, shoving branches out of his path and stumbling .
