stumble

Definition

  • verb: to hit your foot on something when you are walking or running so that you fall or almost fall
  • verb: to fall into sin or waywardness
  • synonyms: trip, err, confound

Examples

  • She usually 'stumbles out of bed' [=gets out of bed] around 7:00 am.

  • I 'stumbled across/on/upon' [='found'] this book by chance.

  • They 'stumbled on/upon' [='discovered'] a bizarre plot.

Movie clips

Movie quotes

  • (..) We're close and Jo's got the VID on it. She's filming it. Suddenly, this shitty-looking green Valiant pulls up right in the way. She starts yelling and this... ...loser stumbles out of the car. He's got a bottle of Jack Daniels. He's naked. He's butt-naked. Not naked. I was not naked! (..)
    1996 Twister