transcription, транскрипция: [ stʌmb(ə)l ]
( stumbles, stumbling, stumbled)
1.
If you stumble , you put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running and nearly fall over.
He stumbled and almost fell...
I stumbled into the telephone box and dialed 999.
VERB : V , V prep / adv
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Stumble is also a noun.
I make it into the darkness with only one stumble.
N-COUNT : usu sing
2.
If you stumble while you are reading aloud or speaking, you make a mistake, and have to pause before saying the words properly.
...his voice wavered and he stumbled over the words at one point.
VERB : V over n , also V