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Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary
stumble
1. an unsteady uneven gait • Syn: lurch, stagger • Derivationally related forms: stagger (for: stagger), lurch (for: lurch) • Hypernyms: gait 2. an unintentional but embarrassing blunder - he recited the whole poem without a single trip - he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later - confusion caused his unfortunate misstep • Syn: trip, trip-up, misstep • Derivationally related forms: trip up (for: trip-up) • Hypernyms: blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
1. walk unsteadily (Freq. 11) - The drunk man stumbled about • Syn: falter, bumble • Hypernyms: walk • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s PP 2. miss a step and fall or nearly fall (Freq. 9) - She stumbled over the tree root • Syn: trip • Derivationally related forms: trip (for: trip), tripper (for: trip), stumbler • Hypernyms: move • Hyponyms: founder • Entailment: walk • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s - Somebody ----s PP - Sam and Sue stumble 3. encounter by chance (Freq. 2) - I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant • Syn: hit • Hypernyms: come by, come into • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s PP 4. make an error - She slipped up and revealed the name • Syn: slip up, trip up • Derivationally related forms: trip-up (for: trip up), slip-up (for: slip up), stumbler • Hypernyms: err, mistake, slip • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s
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Words pronounced/spelled similarly to "stumble":
stemple stumble
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Words contain "stumble" in its definition in Vietnamese - English dictionary:
sỉa ngắc ngứ vấp
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