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| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : stuhm-buh l |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈstʌm bəl |
Definition of stumbling
Origin :- c.1300, "to trip or miss one's footing" (physically or morally), probably from a Scandinavian source (cf. dialectal Norwegian stumla, Swedish stambla "to stumble"), probably from a variant of the Proto-Germanic base *stam-, source of Old English stamerian "to stammer," German stumm "dumb, silent." Possibly influenced in form by stumpen "to stumble," but the -b- may be purely euphonious. Meaning "to come (upon) by chance" is attested from 1550s. Stumbling-block first recorded 1526, used in Rom. xiv:13 to translate Greek skandalon.
- verb slip, stagger
- verb happen upon
- Von Horn was really the only stumbling block in Bududreen's path.
- Extract from : « The Monster Men » by Edgar Rice Burroughs
- One of the horses lunged forward, stumbling in a badger hole.
- Extract from : « The Law-Breakers » by Ridgwell Cullum
- "I'm talkin' blether," she said, stumbling over a stone in the road.
- Extract from : « Changing Winds » by St. John G. Ervine
- What was this thing that pushed him, stumbling, along through the dark?
- Extract from : « Two Thousand Miles Below » by Charles Willard Diffin
- He now had to carry the flag, and hold her round the waist to prevent her from stumbling.
- Extract from : « The Fortune of the Rougons » by Emile Zola
- Tom had gotten to his feet and was stumbling toward the force area.
- Extract from : « Wanderer of Infinity » by Harl Vincent
- Why was she stumbling about amongst the rubble and catching her dress in brambles and burrs?
- Extract from : « Howards End » by E. M. Forster
- She interrupted one of his blundering, stumbling sentences in the middle.
- Extract from : « The Portygee » by Joseph Crosby Lincoln
- Then he went out of the house, staggering, stumbling, bent almost double.
- Extract from : « The Manxman » by Hall Caine
- It was only just here that he struck her the least bit as stumbling.
- Extract from : « The Wings of the Dove, Volume 1 of 2 » by Henry James
Synonyms for stumbling
- blunder
- blunder upon
- bumble
- bump
- careen
- chance
- chance upon
- come across
- come up against
- discover
- encounter
- err
- fall
- fall down
- fall upon
- falter
- find
- flounder
- hesitate
- hit
- light
- light upon
- limp
- lose balance
- luck
- lumber
- lurch
- meet
- muddle
- pitch
- reel
- run across
- shuffle
- stammer
- stub toe on
- swing
- tilt
- topple
- totter
- trip
- tumble
- turn up
- wallow
- waver
- wobble
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