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    [Verb]  | "stum*ble" | \ ˈstəm-bəl \


    1: to fall into sin or waywardness

    2: to make an error : blunder

    3: to come to an obstacle to belief


    Origin: 14th century ;

     Middle English, probably of Scandinavian origin; akin to Norwegian dialect stumle to stumble;

    [Noun]  | "stumble" 


    1: an act or instance of stumbling


    Origin: 1547 ;

    [Verb]  | "stumbles" 


    1: to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily;


      * e.g., " ... the bride stumbled on the altar steps and landed smack in the arms of the minister "





    2: to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually;


      * e.g., " ... stumbled twice while she was reciting the Gettysburg Address "





    3: to move heavily or clumsily;


      * e.g., " ... the tipsy revelers left the path and wearily stumbled through the tangled undergrowth "



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    [Verb]  | "stumble" 


    1: to go down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily;


      * e.g., " ... the bride stumbled on the altar steps and landed smack in the arms of the minister "





    2: to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually;


      * e.g., " ... stumbled twice while she was reciting the Gettysburg Address "





    3: to move heavily or clumsily;


      * e.g., " ... the tipsy revelers left the path and wearily stumbled through the tangled undergrowth "



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    [Verb]  | "stumble (on or onto)" 


    1: to come upon unexpectedly or by chance;


      * e.g., " ... stumbled on some old family photos when she was cleaning out a drawer "



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    [Verb]  | "stumble (upon)" 


    1: to come upon face-to-face or as if face-to-face;


      * e.g., " ... stumbled upon an old acquaintance at the airport "



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    [Noun]  | "stumbles" 


    1: an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy;


      * e.g., " ... was his hurtful remark a regrettable stumble, or was it made with artful intention? "



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    2: the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily;


      * e.g., " ... has bones so brittle that a minor stumble could result in a serious break "



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    [Noun]  | "stumble" 


    1: an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy;


      * e.g., " ... was his hurtful remark a regrettable stumble, or was it made with artful intention? "



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    2: the act of going down from an upright position suddenly and involuntarily;


      * e.g., " ... has bones so brittle that a minor stumble could result in a serious break "



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     [ "stumbling" ]

    1: noun.

      * e.g.,  ... Yeah, ever since Roger downloaded his new SU toolbar, he's off stumbling for hours and tells all his friends googling for fun stuff can't hold a match to the great sites he finds when stumbling. 


     [ "stumbling" ]

    2: the act of bopping haphazardly around the internet by hitting the "stumble" button on an installed "StumbleUpon.com" toolbar added to your browser--the button will take you to a random site of interest to you (based on preferences you set up before) that you are lead to "stumble upon" because others with similar interests liked it. "Stumbling" the internet is fast becoming an activity as understandable to computer regulars as what simple googling is known to be.

     [ "stumble" ]

    1: - walk unsteadily;

      * e.g.,  ... - "The drunk man stumbled about"  


     [ "stumble" ]

    2: - miss a step and fall or nearly fall;

      * e.g.,  ... - "She stumbled over the tree root"  


     [ "stumble" ]

    3: - lurch: an unsteady uneven gait

      * e.g.,  ... - "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"  


     [ "stumble" ]

    4: - encounter by chance

      * e.g.,  ... - "She slipped up and revealed the name"  


     [ "stumble" ]

    5: - make an error;

      * e.g.,  ... - "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; 


     [ "stumble" ]

    6: - trip: an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

     [ "stumble" ]

    1: To walk in a drunken fashion, or to use the toolbar found at stumbleupon.com .. and the word found in definition #1 should read 'waste'.

      * e.g.,  ... Hobo Bob was bored, so he stumbled around for a while. On his Mac, cause he's a n00b. But then again, he was running Unix, so he must be cool. 

     [ "stumbling" ]

    1: falling all over the place, usually when drunk.

      * e.g.,  ... Cassi was stumbling all over the place, spilling her beer. 

     [ "Stumble" ]

    1: The art of fucking something up so bad, it is beyond repair, or physical reconisation

      * e.g.,  ... Dont stumble that up! Youll ruin it! Nice job Stumble-ing up my game cody 

     [ "stumble" ]

    1: A toolbar, a random search tool and an eclectic community. Yet another way the evil internet waists my time.

      * e.g.,  ... You want some weird shit, go stumble. 

     [ "The Stumbling" ]

    1: only the best song in the world; created by scuppios

      * e.g.,  ... Man 1: Have you heard of The Stumbling? Man 2: No Man 1: It's only the best song ever, created by scuppios Man 2: I literally didn't ask 

     [ "Stumblies" ]

    1: When you are so drunk you are unable to maintain balance, leading you to stumble around. However, you are completely consciously aware of you're lack of balance, but cannot control it.

      * e.g.,  ... James: "I don't think I can stand up straight. I do indeed believe I have the stumblies." 

     [ "Stumble" ]

    1: A random online search tool that only fags use.

      * e.g.,  ... Casey: Hey I think you would like Stumble. X: Nah, only fags use Stumble 

     [ "stumbling" ]

    1: The act of using a wifi-detection program to check for open (and sometimes closed) WLAN networks. In other words, using a program to see if there's a wireless internet setup close enough that you could access or hack into it.

      * e.g.,  ... John and I were stumbling last night and we found a cool new hotspot, just outside of the gym! 

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