STUMBLE


Meaning of STUMBLE in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈstʌmbl ]

v. & n. --v. 1 intr. lurch forward or have a partial fall from catching or striking or misplacing one's foot. 2 intr. (often foll. by along) walk with repeated stumbles. 3 intr. make a mistake or repeated mistakes in speaking etc. 4 intr. (foll. by on, upon, across) find or encounter by chance (stumbled on a disused well). --n. an act of stumbling. østumbling-block an obstacle or circumstance causing difficulty or hesitation. øøstumbler n. stumblingly adv. [ME stumble (with euphonic b) corresp. to Norw. stumla: rel. to STAMMER]

English main colloquial, spoken dictionary.      Английский основной разговорный словарь.