Definitions for stumbles

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stumbles stum·ble

Spelling: [stuhm-buh l]

IPA: /ˈstʌm bəl/

Stumbles is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 249 anagrams from letters in stumbles (belmsstu).

Definitions for stumbles

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 stumbles

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

Examples for stumbles

He caught up with her in a moment, in spite of some stumbles over the rough road.

One day, he stumbles across a mysterious orb whose very existence threatens the future of the universe.

Carlos Sanchez stumbles in with his buddy, Pablo, singing “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.”

Her sensation was like that of one who, hunting a hare, stumbles upon a wolf.

Before we get off the phone, Kent stumbles and stammers until finding her footing in a heartwarming anecdote.

Then you've room to pull her if she stumbles; which, by the way, isn't likely.

My wife's horse sets one of his forefeet on a loose stone, and stumbles.

She stumbles over to the bathroom and points to the bathtub.

The mate comes up, his arm strapped to his side, and stumbles into the cradle.

Cohle seems to have blind luck behind him as he stumbles into one obvious clue after another.