stumble

Meanings

Noun

• A fall, trip or substantial misstep.
• An error or blunder.
• A clumsy walk.

Verb

• To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
• To make a mistake or have trouble.
• To cause to stumble or trip.
• To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.
• To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, or against.

Related

Similar words

• blooper, blunder, boo-boo, defect, error, fault, faux pas, fluff, gaffe, lapse, mistake, slip, thinko

Origin

• From Proto-Germanic *stam- ("to trip up; to stammer, stutter"), thereby related to German stumm ("mute"), Dutch stom ("dumb"). stammer.