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| stum·ble [ stúmb'l ] |
intransitive verb (past and past participle stum·bled, present participle stum·bling, 3rd person present singular stum·bles) |
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1. trip over: to trip when walking or running
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2. walk unsteadily: to walk unsteadily, as if intoxicated
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3. speak or act hesitatingly: to speak or act in a halting, confused, or blundering way
  spoke the verse without stumbling
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4. make slight error: make a minor mistake
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5. make discovery by chance: to find or come across something by chance
I stumbled across the note while I was cleaning the closet.
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noun (plural stum·bles) |
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1. mistake: a mistake or hesitation
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2. act of tripping: an instance of tripping over something
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| [14th century. Probably < variant of Old Norse stumra "walk unsteadily" < Germanic] |
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| stum·bler noun |
| stum·bling·ly adverb |
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