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stumblenoun an unintentional departure from truth or accuracywas his hurtful remark a regrettable stumble, or was it made with artful intention? blunder, bobble, boo-boo, boob(British), brick, clanger(British), clinker, error, fault, flub, fluff, fumble, gaff, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, screwup, slip, slipup, trip bloomer, blooper, boner, howler, pratfallfoul-up, snafumisapprehension, miscalculation, miscomprehension, misconception, misconstruction, misdescription, misimpression, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, misstatement, misunderstanding accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, strictnessinerrancy, infallibility, perfection the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarilyhas bones so brittle that a minor stumble could result in a serious break fall, slip, spill, tumble header, pratfallmisstep, tripdescent, dive, plunge, skid, slidefree-fall stumbleverbto go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarilythe bride stumbled on the altar steps and landed smack in the arms of the minister fall, slip, topple, trip, tumble collapse, crumple, drop, flump, keel, plop, plunk(or plonk), slump (over)crash, free-fall, nose-dive, plummet, plunge, precipitate, wipe outskid, slide get up, rise, stand (up), uprise to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectuallystumbled twice while she was reciting the "Gettysburg Address" blunder, bumble, flog(British), flounder, limp, lumber, plod, struggle, trudge jog, shamble, shufflewallow, welterfalter, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totterfumble, muddle coast, fly, glide, kilt, sail, zip, zoom to move heavily or clumsilythe tipsy revelers left the path and wearily stumbled through the tangled undergrowth barge, clump, flog(British), flounder, galumph, lumber, lump, plod, pound, scuff, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, stamp, stomp, stump, tramp, tromp, trudge drag, flop, haulblunder, careen, dodder, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, waddle, weave, wobble(also wabble) breeze, coast, glide, slide, waltz, whisk drift, float, hang, hover, poise, waft to make a mistakethat network announcer rarely stumbles when he's on the air blunder, boob(British), err, flub, fluff, foul up, fumble, goof (up), louse up, mess (up), screw up, slip up, trip nodbobble, botch, bungle, butcher, foozle, mangle, mishandle, muff, murdermiscalculate, misconceive, miscount, miscue, misdeem, misgauge, misjudge, mistakemisconstrue, misinterpret, misunderstand drop the ball, lay an egg in the 14th century |