Stumble

·noun A trip in walking or running.

II. Stumble ·vt To cause to stumble or trip.

III. Stumble ·vi To walk in an unsteady or clumsy manner.

IV. Stumble ·noun A blunder; a failure; a fall from rectitude.

V. Stumble ·vi To fall into a crime or an error; to Err.

VI. Stumble ·vt Fig.: To mislead; to Confound; to Perplex; to cause to err or to fall.

VII. Stumble ·vi To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance;

— with on, upon, or against.

VIII. Stumble ·vi To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.