Stumble

Definition: Stumble

Stumble

Noun

1. An unsteady uneven gait.

2. An unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep".

Verb

1. Walk unsteadily.

2. Miss a step and fall or nearly fall: "She stumbled over the tree root.".

3. Encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant".

4. Make an error.

Date "stumble" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1010. (references)

Domain	Definition
Dream Interpretation	If you stumble in a dream while walking or running, you will meet with disfavor, and obstructions will bar your path to success, but you will eventually surmount them, if you do not fall. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted ....
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Stumble

Synonyms: lurch (n), misstep (n), stagger (n), blunder (v), bumble (v), falter (v), hit (v), slip up (v), trip (v), trip up (v). (additional references)

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Agitation	Verb: be agitated; 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; squirm.
Chance 2	Verb: chance, hap, turn up; fall to one's lot; be one's -fate; stumble on light upon; take one's chance.
Descent	Tumble, trip, stumble, titubate, lurch, pitch, swag, topple, topple over, tumble over, topple down, tumble down; tilt, sprawl, plump down, come down a cropper.
	Noun: descent, descension, declension, declination; fall; falling; Verb:: slump; drop, plunge, plummet, cadence; subsidence, collapse, lapse; downfall, tumble, slip, tilt, trip, lurch; cropper, culbute; titubation, stumble; fate of Icarus.
Discovery	Pitch upon, fall upon, light upon, hit upon, stumble upon, pop upon; come across,come onto; meet with, meet up with, fall in with.
Error	Trip, stumble; lose oneself; (uncertainty); go astray; fail; be in the wrong box; take the wrong sow by the ear; (mismanage); put the saddle on the wrong horse; reckon without one's host; take the shadow for the substance; (credulity); dream; (imagine).
	Mistake; miss, fault, blunder, quiproquo, cross purposes, oversight, misprint, erratum, corrigendum, slip, blot, flaw, loose thread; trip, stumble; (failure); botchery; (want of skill); slip of the tongue, slip of the lip, Freudian slip; slip of the pen; lapsus linguae, clerical error; bull; (absurdity); haplography.
Failure	Miss, miss one's aim, miss the mark, miss one's footing, miss stays; slip, trip, stumble; make a slip; n. blunder; 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; (blunder, mismanage).
	Blunder; (mistake); fault, omission, miss, oversight, slip, trip, stumble, claudication, footfall; false step, wrong step; faux pas, titubation, b_vue, faute, lurch; botchery; (want of skill); scrape, mess, fiasco, breakdown; flunk.
Unskillfulness	Verb: be unskillful; Adjective: not see an inch beyond one's nose; blunder, bungle, boggle, fumble, botch, bitch, flounder, stumble, trip; hobble; put one's foot in it; make a mess of, make hash of, make sad work of; overshoot the mark.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Crosswords: Stumble

English words defined with "stumble": footsure, founder ♦ Odfend ♦ Stumbled, surefooted, Sure-footed ♦ Titubate, trip, trip up. (references)

Specialty definitions using "stumble": DAISY CUTTER, Death from Strange Causes ♦ Fall into a Snare ♦ Hagan of Trony ♦ Lantern ♦ Running. (references)

Domain	Usage
Screenplays	It's beginning to look like a stumble in the dark. (Space: 1999; writing credit: Doug Abeles; Leo Allen) I can't get a boyfriend so I'll stumble across the hall and sleep with the first guy I find there! (Friends; writing credit: Jörn O. Jensen; Birger Larsen) It will be assumed that a man who could stumble across a dead body and feed it to his pigs is a man who could kill. (The Grotesque; writing credit: Patrick McGrath)
Lyrics	I can make the runner stumble, (Making Love Out Of Nothing At All; performing artist: Air Supply) Jump on outta bed and I stumble to the kitchen ("9 to 5"; performing artist: Dolly Parton) Stumble till you crawl. (Sweetness; performing artist: Jimmy Eat World) While she lays waiting, I stumble to the kitchen for a bite (She Believes In Me; performing artist: Kenny Rogers) Try to walk away and I stumble (I Try; performing artist: Macy Gray)
Clever	It is hard to stumble when you're on your knees. (references; author: unknown) It's hard to stumble when you're down on your knees. (references; author: unknown) We occasionally stumble over the truth, but most of us pick ourselves up and hurry on as if nothing happened. (references; author: unknown)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Domain	Title
Books	Feet of Clay: Facing Emotions That Make Us Stumble (reference) The prevention of youthful crime : the great stumble forward (reference) Thirty-one Years and a Stumble (reference) Trip, Stumble, and Fall (reference) (more book examples)

Music	Asleep in the Back 1 / Coming Second / Stumble [CD-SINGLE] [IMPORT] (reference) Stumble (reference) Stumble [LIVE] (reference) (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Play	Caption
	Stairs; steps; stair; staircase; trip; fall; stumble; stumbling; tumble; tumbling.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Author	Quotation
Charles Caleb Colton	Our income are like our shoes; if too small, they gall and pinch us; but if too large, they cause us to stumble and trip.
Henry David Thoreau	We live thick and are in each other's way, and stumble over one another, and I think we thus lose some respect for one another.
Lord Byron	Self-love for ever creeps out, like a snake, to sting anything which happens to stumble upon it.
William Shakespeare	Wisely and slow; they stumble that run fast.
	Wisely, and slow. They stumble that run fast.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Title	Author	Quote
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man	Joyce, James	I stumble on an idea once a fortnight if I am lucky.
Gulliver's Travels	Swift, Jonathan	I likewise broke my right shin against the shell of a snail, which I happened to stumble over, as I was walking alone, and thinking on poor England.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Subject	Topic	Quote
Health		They may stumble or appear uncoordinated. (references)
Economic History	Turkey	While U.S. exports to Turkey in 2000 reached an all-time high, the Turkish economy began to stumble by the end of the year. (references)
	China	Without the necessary preparation, these companies often stumble into bad business deals, resulting in trade complaints and lost investments. (references)
Human Rights	Mexico	However, community members reported that the soldiers should have seen Esteban stumble or fall from his wound. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Speaker	Phrase(s)
Dennis Miller	Maybe some of the more demented stoners will mix so many weird chemicals, they'll stumble onto a cure for cancer in their pursuit of a buzz that could win the Nobel Peace Pipe.
Rush Limbaugh	We send money to the poor people you step over as you stumble home drunk on bubbly.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

"Stumble" is generally used as a lexical verb (infinitive) -- approximately 65.73% of the time. "Stumble" is used about 178 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)

Parts of Speech	Percent	Usage per 100 Million Words	Rank in English
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	65.73%	117	29,823
Lexical Verb (base form)	21.35%	38	55,818
Noun (singular)	12.92%	23	72,767
Total	100.00%	178	N/A

Expressions using "stumble": stumble across ♦ stumble against ♦ stumble along ♦ stumble at ♦ stumble in ♦ stumble into ♦ stumble on ♦ stumble on light upon ♦ stumble over ♦ stumble through ♦ stumble upon. Additional references.
Hyphenated Usage
	Beginning with "stumble": stumble-on.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.

Language		Translations for "stumble"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Albanian		pengoj (arrest, baffle, balk, baulk, block, clog, cross, cumber, delay, detain, embarrass, encumber, estop, foil, forbid, frustrate, get in the way, hamper, handicap, hedge in, hinder, hobble, impede, inhibit, interfere, interfere with, interrupt, jam, keep away from, let, obstruct, occlude, oppose, preclude, prevent, prohibit, resist, set back, shut in, trammel, traverse, trouble), pengim (delay, hindrance, holdback, inhibition, interruption, obstruction, occlusion, preclusion), ngecje (flounder, haw, locking, slack). (various references)

Arabic		‏تردد (ambivalence, backwards, balance, be in two minds, boggle, crane, demur, difficulty, dither, fainting, falter, flicker, float, fluctuate, fluctuation, hang, haunt, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitate, hesitation, hover, hum and haw, indecision, irresolution, pause, perplexity, puzzle over, reticence, reverberate, scruple, shilly shally, sound, stick, stop, tergiversation, timidity, vacillate, vacillation, vibrate, vibration, waver, wobble, worry), ‏أخطأ (err, fluff, fumble, go wrong, goof, make a mistake, misfire, miss, mistake, sin, slip, trip up), ‏خطأ (balk, error, fault, flaw, inaccuracy, misconception, miss, mistake), ‏صادف (chance, come across, encounter, fall in with, happen, happen on, light upon, meet, meet by chance, run across, stumble on, tumble), ‏عثر علي, ‏عثرة (false step, peccadillo, slip), ‏عترة, ‏أربك (baffle, bamboozle, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, bother, buffalo, confound, confuse, demoralize, discompose, disconcert, disorientate, embarrass, embrangle, entangle, floor, fluster, fox, fret, fuddle, gravel, molest, muckrake, mystify, nonplus, obfuscate, overwhelm, perplex, pose, put out, puzzle, ravel, show up, squirm, stop, stump, vex), ‏سقطة زلة (lapse, slip), ‏كبوة (slip, trip), ‏ترنح (beat about the bush, falter, feel groggy, grogginess, halt, limp, lurch, quiver, reel, rock, roll, shake, stagger, teeter, titubation, totter, walk with a wobble, waver, weave, welter), ‏تعثر (flounder, halt, trip, tumble), ‏تلعثم (falter, fumble, gibber, halt, hem, hum and haw, jerk, stammer, stutter, trip), ‏غلطة (balk, error, fault, inaccuracy, mistake, trip), ‏مشى بإضطراب, ‏كبأ, ‏زلة (cringing, error, fault, faux pas, frailty, lapse, peccadillo). (various references)

Bulgarian		спъвам се (falter), чета неуверено, казвам неуверено, озадачавам (bepuzzle, bewilder, floor, flummox, hobble, intrigue, maze, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, rattle, stick, stick up for, stump, vex), обърквам се (become confused, get flurried, go wrong, lose oneself), залитане (faltering, lurch, reel), запъвам се (catch, hem), прегрешение (error, lapse, peccancy, sin, trespass), препъване (falter, trip), погрешна стъпка (misstep), извършвам прегрешение. (various references)

Chinese		�" , 蹶 (to kick, trample), 蹣跚 (stagger, totter), 跎 , 跲 , �" , 絆�' , 絆 (hinder, to trip), 绊�' (Stumbled, stumbling, Tripped, tripping). (various references)

Czech		zarazit se (break off, check), zakopnout (stumble over), poklesek (lapse), přehmat (blunder), narazit na (come across, come up against, encounter, run into, strike), klopýtnutí (trip), klopýtnout (founder, trip, tumble). (various references)

Dutch		struikelen. (various references)

Esperanto		stumbli, faleti, duonfali. (various references)

Faeroese		snáva. (various references)

Farsi		لکنت داشتن (Stutter), لغزیدن (Skid, Slide, Slip, Tumble), تلوتلوخوردن (Dodder, Lurch, Reel, Stagger, Teeter, Totter, Vacillate, Wobble), سهوکردن (Hip), سکندری خوردن (Trip), اتفاقابرخوردن به . (various references)

Finnish		langeta (devolve upon, fall, fall due, have a fall, lapse into, mature), kompastua, horjahtaa (stagger), horjahdus (false step, stumbling), astua harhaan (make a false step, miss a stair). (various references)

French		trébucher (stagger), broncher. (various references)

German		stolpern (bump, come a cropper, come unstuck, founder, to stumble, to trip, trip), straucheln (founder, go astray, trip, tumble). (various references)

Greek		σκουντουφλώ. (various references)

Hebrew		מעי�"�" (fall, false step, slip, slipping, trip, tumble), למעו�" (slip, totter, trip, trip up, tumble), לכשול (fail, faint, fall, stagger, succumb, waver). (various references)

Hungarian		botlás (fault, lapse, mistake, slip, stumbling, trip). (various references)

Indonesian		tergerupis (trip and fall), tergelincuh, kesandung, gelincuh. (various references)

Italian		incespicare (trip). (various references)

Japanese Kanji		�"く (to stumble, to trip), 澱む (to be precipitated, to be sedimented, to be sluggish, to be stagnant, to deposit, to falter, to hesitate, to settle, to stagnate, to stammer, to stumble), 淀む (to be precipitated, to be sedimented, to be sluggish, to be stagnant, to deposit, to falter, to hesitate, to settle, to stagnate, to stammer, to stumble). (various references)

Japanese Katakana		つまずく (to stumble, to trip), よどむ (to be precipitated, to be sedimented, to be sluggish, to be stagnant, to deposit, to falter, to hesitate, to settle, to stagnate, to stammer, to stumble). (various references)

Korean		비틀거림 (staggering, stumbling). (various references)

Manx		snapperal (pull, stumbling, trip, tripping, tripping stumbling). (various references)

Norwegian		snuble (falter). (various references)

Pig Latin		umblestay

Portuguese		tropeçar (blunder, diddle, flounder, founder, trip). (various references)

Romanian		se poticni (fall, founder, hobble, tumble), se încurca vorbind, se împiedica (fall over, founder, stub one's foot on, trip), poticnire (stumbling), face un pas greşit (trip), face sã ezite, ezitare (demur, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, hover, indecision, pause, poise, stagger, vacillation, wavering, wobble), şovãire (chops and changes, hesitance, hesitancy, hesitation, irresolution, stagger, wavering), împiedicare (foreclosure, hindrance, interruption, obstruction, prevention). (various references)

Russian		ошибка (aberration, bungle, bust, error, failing, fallacy, fault, faux pas, gaffe, inaccuracy, lapse, misdeed, misstep, mistake, muff, slip, slip up, slipup, slip-up, trip), запнуться (halt, hesitate), запинка. (various references)

Scottish		sraon (dudgeon, offence), sgiorr (slide, slip). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian		spoticanje (offence), spotaći se (flounder), spotaći (trip), zapeti (get stuck, try), posrnuti (falter). (various references)

Spanish		tropezar por (slip up, trip, tumble), tropezón (trip), trastrabillar (Bumble, stammer, totter), trastabillar (Bumble, stammer, totter), traspié (slip, trip), dar un traspié. (various references)

Swedish		snubbla (trip), snava (founder, trip), stappla (dodder, falter, hobble, stagger, totter). (various references)

Turkish		sendelemek (blunder, careen, dodder, falter, halt, lurch, pitch, reel, stagger, swing, teeter, topple, totter, waver, wobble), sendeleme (grogginess, lurch, stagger, staggering, titubation, tottering, vacillation, wobble), sürçmek (slip, slip up, trip), sürçme (lapse, slip, slip up, trip), yanılmak (be mistaken, be off, be wrong, come unstuck, err, get the wrong sow by the ear, make a mistake, misapprehend, mistake, slip, slip up, stumble in, stumble into), tökezlemek (blunder, halt, loose one's footing, miss one's footing, snag, stagger, trip), hata yapmak (do wrong, err, go astray, goof, lapse, make mistake, nod, slip, slip up, stumble in, stumble into, trip), hata (balk, baulk, blemish, delinquency, demerit, error, failing, false step, falsity, fault, faux pas, flaw, floater, fluff, gaffe, goof, imperfection, inaccuracy, lapse, mistake, slip, slip up, trip, wrong, wrongness), günaha girmek, günah işlemek (commit sin, err, sin, transgress, trespass), dili sürçmek (stumble through), ayağı takılmak (trip). (various references)

Turkmen		bьdremek (stumble on). (various references)

Ukrainian		спотикатися (blunder into, chip, falter, flounder, stammer, titubate, trip), спотикання (flounder, trip), затинатися (falter, hobble, stutter), примусити спіткнутися, помилка (aberration, balk, bloomer, bungle, delusion, error, failing, fallacy, fault, inaccuracy, lapsus, misdeed, mistake, sin, slip, solecism, trip). (various references)

Vietnamese		sự vấp (trip), sự sẩy chân, sự sai lầm (errancy, error, fallacy, falsehood). (various references)

Welsh		syrthio (drop, fall, tumble), tramgwyddo (affront, aggrieve, offend, take offence), baglu (ensnare, entangle, run away, trip), baglan (crutch, run away, trip). (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Language	Period	Translations
Latin	500 BCE-Modern	claudamus, claudat, claude, claudent, claudentur, clauderetur, claudet, claudetur, claudeturque, claudi, claudit, clauditis, clausa, clausae, clausas, clauserat, clauserit, clausero, clauserunt, clausi, clausis, clausisset, clausit, clausitque, clauso, clausos, clausum, clausus, claususque, offendere, offendo. (various references)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Language	Date	Source	Proverbs Chapter 3, Verse 23
Greek (transliterated)	250 BC	Septuagint	Ina poreuh pepoiqwV en eirhnh pasaV taV odouV sou o de pouV sou ou mh proskoyh
Latin	405	Vulgate	Tunc ambulabis fiducialiter in via tua et pes tuus non inpinget
Middle English	1395	Wyclif	Thanne thou shalt go trostli in thi wey; and thi foot shal not offende.
Jacobean English	1611	King James	Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
Victorian English	1833	Webster	Then shalt thou walk in thy way safely, and thy foot shall not stumble.
Basic English	1964	Ogden	Then you will go safely on your way, and your feet will have no cause for slipping.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Language	Proverbs Chapter 3, Verse 23
Cebuano	Unya magalakat ikaw sa imong dalan nga may kasigurohan, Ug ang imong tiil dili mahapangdol.
Croatian	Bez straha æeš tada kroèiti svojim putem i noga ti se neæe spoticati.
Danish	Da vandrer du trygt din Vej, støder ikke imod med din Fod; -
Dutch	Dan zult gij uw weg zeker wandelen, en gij zult uw voet niet stoten.
Finnish	Silloin sinä kuljet tiesi turvallisesti etkä loukkaa jalkaasi.
French	Alors tu marcheras avec assurance dans ton chemin, Et ton pied ne heurtera pas.
German	Dann wirst du sicher wandeln auf deinem Wege, daß dein Fuß sich nicht stoßen wird.
Haitian Creole	W'a fè chemen ou nan lavi san ou pa pè anyen. Ou p'ap janm bite sou anyen.
Hungarian	Akkor bátorsággal járod a te útadat, és a te lábadat meg nem ütöd.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari	Engkau akan berjalan dengan aman, dan tidak akan tersandung.
Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama	Lalu engkau menjalani jalanmu dengan selamat dan kakimupun tiada akan terantuk.
Italian	Allora camminerai sicuro per la tua strada e il tuo piede non inciamper� .
Maori	Penei ka haere koe i tou ara, te ai he wehi, e kore ano tou waewae e tutuki.
Norwegian	Da skal du vandre din vei trygt og ikke støte din fot.
Portuguese	Então andarás seguro pelo teu caminho, e não tropeçará o teu pé.
Rumanian	Atunci vei merge cu kncredere pe drumul tqu, wi piciorul nu yi se va poticni.
Russian	фПЗ�"Б �'ЕЪП� БУОП � ПК�"ЕЫШ � П � ХФЙ ФЧПЕНХ, Й ОПЗБ ФЧПС ОЕ У� ПФЛОЕФУС.
Spanish	Entonces andarás confiadamente por tu camino, y tu pie no tropezará.
Swedish	Då skall du vandra din väg fram i trygghet, och din fot skall du då icke stöta.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Derivations
	Words beginning with "stumble": stumblebum, stumblebums, stumbled, stumbler, stumblers, stumbles. (additional references)
Misspellings
	"Stumble" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Stamboek, Stemmle, stube, stuble, stumbble, stumbe, stumbl, stumple. (additional references)
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

# of Phoneme Matches	Pronunciation	Word(s) rhyming with "stumble" (pronounced stu"mbul)
6	-t u" m b u l	tumble.
5	-u" m b u l	Bumble, crumble, fumble, grumble, humble, jumble, mumble, rumble, umbel.
4	-m b u l	amble, assemble, bramble, cymbal, disassemble, dissemble, ensemble, gamble, nimble, preamble, ramble, reassemble, resemble, scramble, shamble, symbol, thimble, tremble, unscramble, wamble.
3	-b u l	able, abominable, acceptable, accessible, accountable, achievable, actionable, adaptable, addressable, adjustable, admirable, admissible, adoptable, adorable, advisable, affable, affordable, agreeable, allowable, amenable, amendable, amiable, amicable, analyzable, answerable, appealable, applicable, appreciable, approachable, approvable, arable, arguable, attainable, attributable, audible, available, avoidable, babble, Babel, bankable, bauble, bearable, believable, bible, billable, biodegradable, breakable, bubble, buildable, burnable, cable, callable, cannibal, capable, changeable, chargeable, charitable, classifiable, cobble, coble, collapsible, collectible, Combinable, comfortable, commendable, communicable, comparable, compatible, compensable, comprehensible, conceivable, confirmable, considerable, constable, consumable, contemptible, contestable, controllable, convertible, copyrightable, corbel, countable, credible, creditable, crucible, culpable, curable, dabble, debatable, deductible, defensible, definable, degradable, delectable, deliverable, demonstrable, dependable, deplorable, deployable, depreciable, describable, desirable, despicable, detachable, detectable, determinable, developable, Dibble, digestible, disable, disagreeable, discernible, discountable, discoverable, dishonorable, dispensable, disposable, disreputable, distinguishable, divisible, doable, double, Drabble, dribble, drinkable, drivable, durable, eatable, edible, electable, eligible, Embraceable, employable, enable, enfeeble, enforceable, enjoyable, ennoble, enviable, equable, equitable, erasable, erodible, estimable, exchangeable, excitable, excludable, excusable, execrable, exercisable, expandable, expendable, explainable, exportable, extendable, extendible, fable, fallible, fashionable, fathomable, favorable, feasible, feeble, fissionable, fixable, flammable, flexible, foible, forcible, foreseeable, forfeitable, forgettable, forgivable, formidable, fungible, fusible, gable, Garble, global, gobble, Gribble, gullible, habitable, hardscrabble, harvestable, herbal, heritable, hobble, hon, honorable, horrible, hospitable, identifiable, ignoble, illegible, imaginable, imitable, immeasurable, immiscible, immobile, immovable, immutable, impassable, impeachable, impeccable, impenetrable, imperceptible, impermissible, implacable, implantable, implausible, imponderable, impossible, impracticable, impregnable, impressionable, improbable, inaccessible, inadmissible, inadvisable, inalienable, inapplicable, inaudible, incalculable, incapable, incomparable, incompatible, incomprehensible, incompressible, inconceivable, incontrovertible, incorrigible, incredible, incurable, indefatigable, indefensible, indefinable, indelible, indescribable, indestructible, indispensable, indisputable, indistinguishable, indivisible, indomitable, inedible, ineffable, ineligible, inequitable, inescapable, inevitable, inexcusable, inexhaustible, inexorable, inexplicable, infallible, infeasible, inflammable, inflatable, inflexible, inheritable, inhospitable, inimitable, injectable, innumerable, inoperable, insatiable, inscrutable, inseparable, insoluble, insufferable, insupportable, insurmountable, intangible, intelligible, interchangeable, interminable, interruptible, intertribal, intolerable, intractable, invaluable, investable, invincible, inviolable, invisible, invulnerable, irascible, irreconcilable, irrefutable, irremediable, irreparable, irreplaceable, irrepressible, irresistible, irresponsible, irreversible, irrevocable, irritable, issuable, justifiable, kibble, knowledgeable, label, lamentable, laudable, laughable, leasable, legible, liable, libel, likable, likeable, livable, lovable, malleable, manageable, mandible, maneuverable, marble, marketable, measurable, memorable, microwavable, miscible, miserable, mislabel, mobile, moldable, movable, navigable, negligible, negotiable, nibble, noble, noncallable, nonconvertible, nondeductible, nondurable, nonrefundable, nonrenewable, nontaxable, nontransferable, nonverbal, notable, noticeable, objectionable, observable, obtainable, operable, ostensible, palatable, palpable, parable, passable, patentable, payable, peaceable, pebble, perceptible, perishable, permeable, permissible, personable, persuadable, pitiable, plausible, pleasurable, pliable, portable, possible, potable, practicable, predictable, preferable, presentable, preventable, printable, probable, profitable, programmable, prosecutable, provable, psychobabble, punishable, questionable, quibble, quotable, rabble, reachable, readable, realizable, reasonable, rebel, receivable, rechargeable, recognizable, recordable, recoverable, recyclable, redeemable, redouble, redoubtable, reducible, refundable, regrettable, relabel, reliable, remarkable, removable, renewable, rentable, repairable, repayable, repeatable, replaceable, reportable, reprehensible, reputable, resealable, resettable, respectable, responsible, retractable, returnable, reusable, reversible, revocable, ridable, Roble, rouble, roundtable, rubble, Ruble, sable, salable, saleable, salvageable, Scrabble, scribble, seasonable, sensible, serviceable, Sibyl, sizable, sizeable, sociable, soluble, solvable, spendable, squabble, Stabile, stable, stubble, submersible, suggestible, suitable, supportable, survivable, susceptible, sustainable, syllable, table, talkable, tangible, taxable, teachable, tenable, terrible, timetable, tolerable, traceable, tractable, tradable, tradeable, trainable, transferable, transferrable, transmittable, transportable, treatable, treble, tribal, trouble, tubal, tunable, turntable, typeable, unable, unacceptable, unaccountable, unaffordable, unalienable, unalterable, unanswerable, unassailable, unattainable, unavailable, unavoidable, unbearable, unbeatable, unbelievable, unbuildable, uncollectible, uncomfortable, unconscionable, uncontrollable, undeniable, understandable, undesirable, undetectable, unelectable, unemployable, unenforceable, unenviable, unexplainable, unfashionable, unfathomable, unfavorable, unfeasible, unflappable, unforeseeable, unforgettable, unforgivable, ungovernable, unimaginable, unimpeachable, uninhabitable, uninsurable, unintelligible, unjustifiable, unknowable, unlivable, unmanageable, unmentionable, unmistakable, unobtainable, unpalatable, unpredictable, unprintable, unprofitable, unquestionable, unreachable, unreadable, unreasonable, unrecognizable, unreliable, unremarkable, unsalable, unserviceable, unshakable, unsinkable, unsolvable, unspeakable, unstable, unstoppable, unsuitable, unsupportable, unsustainable, untenable, unthinkable, untouchable, untraceable, unusable, unverifiable, unwinnable, unworkable, usable, valuable, variable, vegetable, venerable, verbal, verifiable, veritable, viable, visible, voluble, vulnerable, washable, wearable, winnable, wobble, workable.
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Direct Anagrams: tumbles.
	Words within the letters "b-e-l-m-s-t-u"
	-1 letter: besmut, bluest, bluets, blumes, bustle, butles, sublet, subtle, tumble, umbels, umbles.
	-2 letters: belts, blest, blets, blues, bluet, blume, butes, butle, lubes, lutes, melts, mules, mutes, sebum, smelt, tubes, tules, umbel.
	-3 letters: bels, belt, best, bets, blet, blue, bums, bust, bute, buts, elms, emus, lest, lets, lube, lues, lums, lust, lute, mels, melt, mule.
	Words containing the letters "b-e-l-m-s-t-u"
	+1 letter: bluestem, humblest, stumbled, stumbler, stumbles, tumblers, tumbrels.
	+2 letters: ambulates, bluestems, stumblers, sublimate, sublimest, umbellets.
	+3 letters: columbites, crumbliest, outfumbles, postbellum, stumblebum, sublimated, sublimates, thumbholes, tumblebugs.
	+4 letters: acetabulums, automobiles, buttermilks, combustible, ethambutols, stumblebums, sublimities, submultiple, subterminal, thimblefuls, thumbwheels, troublesome, tumblerfuls, tumbleweeds.
	+5 letters: abstemiously, ambulatories, beguilements, combustibles, microtubules, muliebrities, mutabilities, perambulates, rambouillets, somnambulate, submultiples, surmountable, tolbutamides, transmutable, unmistakable.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro.

Expression	Frequency per Day
stumble	18
i if lyrics stumble	9
dc i if lyrics stumble talk	7
what if i stumble	7
inn stumble	4
fall might stumble	4
runner stumble	4
dc i if stumble talk	3
record stumble	2
engine stumble	2
inn nantucket stumble	2
fall lyrics might stumble	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Stumble

Definition: Stumble

Stumble

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Agitation

Chance 2

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Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

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