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stumble
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1 stumble
An unsteady uneven gait.
synoniemen: lurch, stagger.
Roget 732:
failure;
nonsuccess†,
nonfulfillment;
dead failure,
successlessness†;
abortion,
miscarriage;
brutum fulmen
etc.
158 [Lat.];
labor in vain
etc.
(inutility)
645;
no go;
inefficacy†;
inefficaciousness
etc.
adj.;
vain attempt,
ineffectual attempt,
abortive attempt,
abortive efforts;
flash in the pan,
lame and impotent conclusion"
[Othello];
frustration;
slip 'twixt cup and lip
etc.
(disappointment)
509.
blunder
etc.
(mistake)
495;
fault,
omission,
miss,
oversight,
slip,
trip,
stumble,
claudication†,
footfall;
false step,
wrong step;
faux pas [Fr.],
titubation†,
b_evue [Fr.],
faute [Fr.],
lurch;
botchery
etc.
(want of skill)
699†;
scrape,
mess,
fiasco,
breakdown;
flunk [U.S.].
mishap
etc.
(misfortune)
735;
split,
collapse,
smash,
blow,
explosion.
repulse,
rebuff,
defeat,
rout,
overthrow,
discomfiture;
beating,
drubbing;
quietus,
nonsuit†,
subjugation;
checkmate,
stalemate,
fool's mate.
fall,
downfall,
ruin,
perdition;
wreck
etc.
(destruction)
162;
deathblow;
bankruptcy
etc.
(nonpayment)
808.
losing game,
affaire flamb_ee.
victim;
bankrupt;
flunker†,
flunky [U.S.].
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Roget 306:
descent,
descension†,
declension,
declination;
fall;
falling
etc.
v.;
slump;
drop,
plunge,
plummet,
cadence;
subsidence,
collapse,
lapse;
downfall,
tumble,
slip,
tilt,
trip,
lurch;
cropper,
culbute†;
titubation†,
stumble;
fate of Icarus.
avalanche,
debacle,
landslip,
landslide.
declivity,
dip,
hill.
[equipment for descending by rappeling]
rappel.
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Nederlands: wankel
Pools: zataczanie siÄ™
2 stumble
An unintentional but embarrassing blunder.
synoniemen: misstep, trip, trip-up.
Roget 495:
error,
fallacy;
misconception,
misapprehension,
misstanding†,
misunderstanding;
inexactness
etc.
adj.;
laxity;
misconstruction
etc.
(misinterpretation)
523;
miscomputation
etc.
(misjudgment)
481;
non sequitur
etc.
477;
mis-statement,
mis-report;
mumpsimus†.
mistake;
miss,
fault,
blunder,
quiproquo,
cross purposes,
oversight,
misprint,
erratum,
corrigendum,
slip,
blot,
flaw,
loose thread;
trip,
stumble
etc.
(failure)
732;
botchery
etc.
(want of skill)
699†;
slip of the tongue,
slip of the lip,
Freudian slip;
slip of the pen;
lapsus linguae [Lat.],
clerical error;
bull
etc.
(absurdity)
497;
haplography†.
illusion,
delusion;
snare;
false impression,
false idea;
bubble;
self-decit,
self-deception;
mists of error.
heresy
etc.
(heterodoxy)
984;
hallucination
etc.
(insanity)
503;
false light
etc.
(fallacy of vision)
443;
dream
etc.
(fancy)
515;
fable
etc.
(untruth)
546;
bias
etc.
(misjudgment)
481;
misleading
etc.
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Nederlands: misstap
werkwoord
1 stumble
Walk unsteadily:
— The drunk man stumbled about.
synoniemen: bumble, falter.
Roget 315:
be agitated
&c.;
shake;
tremble,
tremble like an aspen leaf;
quiver,
quaver,
quake,
shiver,
twitter,
twire†,
writhe,
toss,
shuffle,
tumble,
stagger,
bob,
reel,
sway,
wag,
waggle;
wriggle,
wriggle like an eel;
dance,
stumble,
shamble,
flounder,
totter,
flounce,
flop,
curvet,
prance,
cavort [U.S.];
squirm.
throb,
pulsate,
beat,
palpitate,
go pitapat;
flutter,
flitter,
flicker,
bicker;
bustle.
ferment,
effervesce,
foam;
boil,
boil over;
bubble up;
simmer.
toss about,
jump about;
jump like a parched pea;
shake like an aspen leaf;
shake to its center,
shake to its foundations;
be the sport of the winds and waves;
reel to and fro like a drunken man;
move from post to pillar and from pillar to move from post to pillar and from pillar to post,
drive from post to pillar and from pillar to drive from post to pillar and from pillar to post,
keep between hawk and buzzard.
agitate,
shake,
convulse,
toss,
tumble,
bandy,
wield,
brandish,
flap,
flourish,
whisk,
jerk,
hitch,
jolt;
jog,
joggle,
jostle,
buffet,
hustle,
disturb,
stir,
shake up,
churn,
jounce,
wallop,
whip,
vellicate†.
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Nederlands: stommelen
2 stumble
Miss a step and fall or nearly fall:
— She stumbled over the tree root.
synoniem: trip.
Roget 699:
be unskillful
etc.
adj.;
not see an inch beyond one's nose;
blunder,
bungle,
boggle,
fumble,
botch,
bitch,
flounder,
stumble,
trip;
hobble
etc.
275;
put one's foot in it;
make a mess of,
make hash of,
make sad work of;
overshoot the mark.
play tricks with,
play Puck,
mismanage,
misconduct,
misdirect,
misapply,
missend.
stultify oneself,
make a fool of oneself,
commit oneself;
act foolishly;
play the fool;
put oneself out of court;
lose control,
lose control of oneself,
lose one's head,
lose one's cunning.
begin at the wrong end;
do things by halves
etc.
(not complete)
730;
make two bites of a cherry;
play at cross purposes;
strain at a gnat and swallow a camel
etc.
(caprice)
608;
put the cart before the horse;
lock the stable door when the horse is stolen
etc.
(too late)
135.
not know what one is about,
not know one's own interest,
not know on which side one's bread is buttered;
stand in one's own light,
quarrel with one's bread and butter,
throw a stone in one's own garden,
kill the goose which lays the golden eggs,
pay dear for one's whistle,
cut one's own throat,
bum one's fingers;
knock one's head against a stone wall,
beat one's head against a stone wall;
fall into a trap,
catch a Tartar,
bring the house about one's ears;
have too many eggs in one basket
(imprudent)
863,
have too many irons in the fire.
mistake
etc.
495;
take the shadow for the substance
etc.
(credulity)
486;
bark up the wrong tree;
be in the wrong box,
aim at a pigeon and kill a crow;
take the wrong pig by the tail,
get the wrong pig by the tail,
get the wrong sow by the ear,
get the dirty end of the stick;
put the saddle on the wrong horse,
put a square peg into a round hole,
put new wine into old bottles.
cut blocks with a razor;
hold a farthing candle to the sun
etc.
(useless)
645;
fight with a shadow,
grasp at a shadow;
catch at straws,
lean on a broken reed,
reckon without one's host,
pursue a wild goose chase;
go on a fool's goose chase,
sleeveless errand;
go further and fare worse;
lose one's way,
miss one's way;
fail
etc.
732.
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Roget 495:
be erroneous
etc.
adj..
cause error;
mislead,
misguide;
lead astray,
lead into error;
beguile,
misinform
etc.
(misteach)
538†;
delude;
give a false impression,
give a false idea;
falsify,
misstate;
deceive
etc.
545;
lie
etc.
544.
err;
be in error
etc.
adj.,
be mistaken
etc.
v.;
be deceived
etc.
(duped)
547;
mistake,
receive a false impression,
deceive oneself;
fall into error,
lie under error,
labor under an error
etc.
n.;
be in the wrong,
blunder;
misapprehend,
misconceive,
misunderstand,
misreckon,
miscount,
miscalculate
etc.
(misjudge)
481.
play at cross purposes,
be at cross purposes
etc.
(misinterpret)
523.
trip,
stumble;
lose oneself
etc.
(uncertainty)
475;
go astray;
fail
etc.
732;
be in the wrong box;
take the wrong sow by the ear
etc.
(mismanage)
699;
put the saddle on the wrong horse;
reckon without one's host;
take the shadow for the substance
etc.
(credulity)
486;
dream
etc.
(imagine)
515.
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Roget 306:
descend;
go down,
drop down,
come down;
fall,
gravitate,
drop,
slip,
slide,
rappel,
settle;
plunge,
plummet,
crash;
decline,
set,
sink,
droop,
come down a peg;
slump.
dismount,
alight,
light,
get down;
swoop;
stoop
etc.
308;
fall prostrate,
precipitate oneself;
let fall
etc.
308.
tumble,
trip,
stumble,
titubate†,
lurch,
pitch,
swag,
topple,
topple over,
tumble over,
topple down,
tumble down;
tilt,
sprawl,
plump down,
come down a cropper.
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Roget 732:
fail;
be unsuccessful
etc.
adj.;
not succeed
etc.
731;
make vain efforts
etc.
n.;
do in vain,
labor in vain,
toil in vain;
flunk [U.S.];
lose one's labor,
take nothing by one's motion;
bring to naught,
make nothing of;
wash a blackamoor white
etc.
(impossible)
471;
roll the stones of Sisyphus
etc.
(useless)
645;
do by halves
etc.
(not complete)
730;
lose ground
etc.
(recede)
282;
fall short of
etc.
304.
miss,
miss one's aim,
miss the mark,
miss one's footing,
miss stays;
slip,
trip,
stumble;
make a slip
etc.
n..
blunder
etc.
495,
make a mess of,
make a botch of;
bitch it†,
miscarry,
abort,
go up like a rocket and come down like the stick,
come down in flames,
get shot down,
reckon without one's host;
get the wrong pig by the tail,
get the wrong sow by the ear
etc.
(blunder),
)mismanage)
699.
limp,
halt,
hobble,
titubate†;
fall,
tumble;
lose one's balance;
fall to the ground,
fall between two stools;
flounder,
falter,
stick in the mud,
run aground,
split upon a rock;
beat one's head against a stone wall,
run one's head against a stone wall,
knock one's head against a stone wall,
dash one's head against a stone wall;
break one's back;
break down,
sink,
drown,
founder,
have the ground cut from under one;
get into trouble,
get into a mess,
get into a scrape;
come to grief
etc.
(adversity)
735;
go to the wall,
go to the dogs,
go to pot;
lick the dust,
bite the dust;
be defeated
etc.
731;
have the worst of it,
lose the day,
come off second best,
lose;
fall a prey to;
succumb
etc.
(submit)
725;
not have a leg to stand on.
come to nothing,
end in smoke;
flat out†;
fall to the ground,
fall through,
fall dead,
fall stillborn,
fall flat;
slip through one's fingers;
hang fire,
miss fire;
flash in the pan,
collapse;
topple down
etc.
(descent)
305;
go to wrack and ruin
etc.
(destruction)
162.
go amiss,
go wrong,
go cross,
go hard with,
go on a wrong tack;
go on ill,
come off ill,
turn out ill,
work ill;
take a wrong term,
take an ugly term;
take an ugly turn,
take a turn for the worse.
be all over with,
be all up with;
explode;
dash one's hopes
etc.
(disappoint)
509;
defeat the purpose;
sow the wind and reap the whirlwind,
jump out of the frying pan into the fire,
go from the frying pan into the fire.
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3 stumble
Encounter by chance:
— I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant.
synoniem: hit.
4 stumble
Make an error.
synoniemen: slip up, trip up.
Nederlands: struikelen, uitglijden
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