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1) (to strike the foot against something and lose one's balance, or nearly fall: He stumbled over the edge of the carpet.) snuble2) (to walk unsteadily: He stumbled along the track in the dark.) tumle av gårde3) (to make mistakes, or hesitate in speaking, reading aloud etc: He stumbles over his words when speaking in public.) snuble over ordene•- stumble across/onsnubleIsubst. \/ˈstʌmbl\/1) snubling, snublende gange2) ( overført) feiltrinn3) feiltakelse, mistakIIverb \/ˈstʌmbl\/1) snuble, miste balansen, trå feil2) snuble av gårde, snuble i vei3) ( om tale) stamme, hakke, gå i stå4) ( overført) feile, mislykkes, begå et feiltrinn, trå feilstumble across eller stumble (up)on snuble over ( overført) snuble over, finne tilfeldig, komme over (helt tilfeldig)stumble against\/into støte påstumble along tumle av sted, snuble av stedstumble and fall snuble og falle (overende)stumble at snuble istumble over snuble overstumble over one's words snuble i ordene sinestumble through something stotre seg gjennom noe
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stumble — stum|ble1 [ stʌmbl ] verb intransitive * 1. ) to fall or almost fall while you are walking or running: Cheryl s horse stumbled, throwing her to the ground. stumble over/on etc.: On his morning run, Derek stumbled over a fallen tree. stumble… … Usage of the words and phrases in modern English
stumble */ — UK [ˈstʌmb(ə)l] / US verb [intransitive] Word forms stumble : present tense I/you/we/they stumble he/she/it stumbles present participle stumbling past tense stumbled past participle stumbled 1) a) to fall or almost fall while you are walking or… … English dictionary
stumble — verb ADVERB ▪ almost, nearly ▪ a little, slightly ▪ She stumbled a little on the uneven path. ▪ badly (often figurative) … Collocations dictionary
stumble — stum|ble [ˈstʌmbəl] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from a [i]Scandinavian language] 1.) to hit your foot against something or put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running, so that you almost fall = ↑trip ▪ In her hurry she… … Dictionary of contemporary English
stumble — verb (I) 1 to hit your foot against something or put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running, so that you almost fall: In her hurry she stumbled and spilled the milk all over the floor. (+ over/on): Vic stumbled over the step as … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
stumble — stumble, trip, blunder, lurch, flounder, lumber, galumph, lollop, bumble can mean to move unsteadily, clumsily, or with defective equilibrium (as in walking, in doing, or in proceeding). Stumble, trip, blunder, lurch, and flounder as applied to… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
stumble — [[t]stʌ̱mb(ə)l[/t]] stumbles, stumbling, stumbled 1) VERB If you stumble, you put your foot down awkwardly while you are walking or running and nearly fall over. He stumbled and almost fell... [V prep/adv] I stumbled into the telephone box and… … English dictionary
stumble — 01. Grandma broke her hip today when she [stumbled] and fell at the supermarket. 02. I [stumbled] in the dark on my way to the outhouse and hurt my big toe. 03. The hiker [stumbled] over a tree root and almost fell into the river. 04. The little… … Grammatical examples in English
Words and Music (play) — Samuel Beckett wrote the radio play, Words and Music between November and December 1961. [Both James Knowlson ( Damned to Fame: The Life of Samuel Beckett , p 497) and Stan Gontarski ( The Faber Companion to Samuel Beckett , p 650) quote these… … Wikipedia
stumble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. trip, stub one s toe; hobble, stagger, lumber; blunder, flounder, stammer; err, slip, backslide. See descent, agitation, error, stammering. stumbling block II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To move in a… … English dictionary for students
stumble — Synonyms and related words: bad job, balk, barge, be all thumbs, bevue, blunder, blunder away, blunder into, blunder on, blunder upon, bobble, boggle, bonehead play, boner, boo boo, botch, breakdown, bumble, bump, bump into, bungle, butcher,… … Moby Thesaurus