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Meaning of stumble

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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:

  stumble
      n 1: an unsteady uneven gait [syn: {lurch}, {stumble},
           {stagger}]
      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}, {stumble}, {misstep}]
      v 1: walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about" [syn:
           {stumble}, {falter}, {bumble}]
      2: miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the
         tree root" [syn: {stumble}, {trip}]
      3: encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin
         last night in a restaurant" [syn: {stumble}, {hit}]
      4: make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name" [syn:
         {stumble}, {slip up}, {trip up}]

Source : WordNet ® Princeton University. 2010.

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