Definitions for stumble

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stumble stum·ble

Spelling: [stuhm-buh l]

IPA: /ˈstʌm bəl/

Stumble is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 197 anagrams from letters in stumble (belmstu).

Definitions for stumble

noun

1. the act of stumbling.
2. a moral lapse or error.
3. a slip or blunder.

verb (used with object)

1. to cause to stumble; trip.
2. to give pause to; puzzle or perplex.

verb (used without object)

1. to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
2. to walk or go unsteadily:
3. to make a slip, mistake, or blunder, especially a sinful one:
4. to proceed in a hesitating or blundering manner, as in action or speech (often followed by along).
5. to discover or meet with accidentally or unexpectedly (usually followed by on, upon, or across):
6. to falter or hesitate, as at an obstacle to progress or belief.

Origin of stumble

1275-1325; Middle English stumblen; cognate with Norwegian stumla to grope and stumble in the dark; akin to stammer

Examples for stumble

I stumble through interviews for my job at NY1, memories flooding back.

A party that cannot make these decisions openly and confidently will stumble in 2016.

I should stumble and fall over the smallest pebble in the path.

It would be a stroke of luck if I could stumble on one of his hiding places!

There is no stumble in you, for you have done a great deed, and the Red Gods are smiling.

Grilled about whether his statements stemmed from racism or jealousy, as he has claimed, Sterling started to stumble.

Mr Vladimir did not stumble, did not stagger back, did not change his stride.

Meanwhile, the labor unions and liberal groups that nominally backed Cuomo could not be more thrilled to see him stumble.

Within the bounds of possibility, their turn to stumble might now be imminent.

Wandering around Tribeca, you may stumble upon a decrepit elevator shaft that's full of curiosities.