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stumble

('st/@/mb/@/l )

walk unsteadily(verb.motion)

Example:
The drunk man stumbled about.

Synonym:
bumble, coggle, dodder, falter, paddle, toddle, totter, waddle

source: wordnet30
miss a step and fall or nearly fall(verb.motion)

Example:
She stumbled over the tree root.

Synonym:
trip

source: wordnet30
encounter by chance(verb.possession)

Example:
I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant.

Synonym:
hit

source: wordnet30
make an error(verb.cognition)

Synonym:
slip up, trip up

source: wordnet30
To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.(verb)

source: webster1913
To cause to stumble or trip.(verb)

source: webster1913

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