stumble

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

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

II - verb

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

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  trip, trip-up, misstep, lurch, stagger, slip up, trip up, hit, falter, bumble