| VERB | motion | stumble, falter, bumble | walk unsteadily |
|---|---|---|---|
| motion | stumble, trip | miss a step and fall or nearly fall | |
| possession | stumble, hit | encounter by chance | |
| cognition | stumble, slip up, trip up | make an error | |
| NOUN | act | stumble, lurch, stagger | an unsteady uneven gait |
| act | stumble, trip, trip-up, misstep | an unintentional but embarrassing blunder |
| Sounds | stah'mbahl | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | abdominal ... zoological: 2115 rhymes with ahl... | |
| Meaning | An unsteady uneven gait. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | lurch, stagger | |
| Broader | gait | A person's manner of walking |
| Spanish | bamboleo, bandazo, tambaleo, titubeo, tropiezo | |
| Catalan | tentineig, tentines, titubar, titubejar | |
| Verbs | stumble | walk unsteadily |
| Meaning | An unintentional but embarrassing blunder. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonyms | trip, trip-up, misstep | |
| Broader | blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo | An embarrassing mistake |
| Spanish | desliz, paso en falso, traspié, trompicón, tropezón, tropiezo | |
| Catalan | ensopegada, entrebancada | |
| Verbs | stumble | make an error |
| Meaning | walk unsteadily. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The drunk man stumbled about" | |
| Synonyms | falter, bumble | |
| Broader | walk | Use one's feet to advance |
| Spanish | titubear, trastabillar, tropezar | |
| Catalan | ensopegar, entrebancar-se | |
| Nouns | stumble | an unsteady uneven gait |
| Meaning | miss a step and fall or nearly fall. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | Sam and Sue stumble | |
| Example | "She stumbled over the tree root" | |
| Synonym | trip | |
| Entails | walk | Use one's feet to advance |
| Caused by | trip, trip up | Cause to stumble / stumble |
| Narrower | founder | stumble and nearly fall |
| Broader | move | Move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion |
| Nouns | stumbler | a walker or runner who trips and almost falls |
| Meaning | encounter by chance. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant" | |
| Synonym | hit | |
| Broader | come by, come into | Obtain, especially accidentally |
| Spanish | dar con, encontrarse, tropezar con, tropezar | |
| Catalan | creuar-se, encertar, ensopegar, trobar | |
| Meaning | make an error. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s | |
| Synonyms | slip up, trip up | |
| Broader | err, mistake, slip | To make a mistake or be incorrect |
| Spanish | colarse, cometer un error, equivocarse, meter la pata | |
| Nouns | stumble | an unintentional but embarrassing blunder |
| stumbler | someone who makes mistakes because of incompetence | |
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