stumble

Significat (Anglès)

Noun

1. A fall, trip or substantial misstep.
2. An error or blunder.
3. A clumsy walk.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
2. (intransitive) To make a mistake or have trouble.
3. (transitive) To cause to stumble or trip.
4. (figuratively, transitive) To mislead; to confound; to cause to err or to fall.
5. To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, or against.

Sinònims

trip

falter

slip

stagger

fall down

stammer

misstep

fall

blunder

totter

stutter

reel

lurch

trip-up

trip up

limp

stub

sway

fault

bumble

tumble

mistake

drop

stub one’s toe

trip over

false step

make fall

catch on

miss one’s footing

collide

hesitate

stop short

stumbling

throw down

hit

stop up

hobble

error

discover

delay

kick at

slip up

find

🔍

tremble

topple

spurn

flounder

blooper

plummet

swag

teeter

tipsy

trim

turn over

turn up

unearth

wrinkle

go astray

hem and haw

maffle

make a false step

make mistakes

mis-step

rout out

be sluggish

be stagnant

be sedimented

be precipitated

trip over something

fall unevenly

run afoul

kick against something

kick the foot

logical mechanical element

shag

aberration

lose one's footing

bug

🐛

bump into

capsize

careen

chance upon

come into

confuse

contretemps

crippled

deflection

delinquency

deposit

dodder

embarrass

err

faint

fall over

faux pas

flaw

flop

fluff

foul

get stuck

hobbled

howler

keel

kick

latency

make a mistake

misconduct

misdemeanour

misplay

miss one’s step

muff

oscillate

pass out

puzzle

retardation

revoke

run

settle

shortcoming

slip over

slip-up

solecism

sputter

stagnate

stubbing

Traduccions

trébucher

tropezar

stolpern

straucheln

struikelen

broncher

tropiezo

faux pas

strompelen

achopper

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈstʌmbəl/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Cognat amb alemany: stumm

Cognat amb neerlandès: stom

In summary

Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stam- (“to trip up; to stammer, stutter”), thereby related to German stumm (“mute”), Dutch stom (“dumb”). Doublet of stammer. Also related to verb in Dutch stommelen (“to walk silently”).