stumble in one's speech

stumble in one's speech
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  • stumble — stumble, trip, blunder, lurch, flounder, lumber, galumph, lollop, bumble can mean to move unsteadily, clumsily, or with defective equilibrium (as in walking, in doing, or in proceeding). Stumble, trip, blunder, lurch, and flounder as applied to… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • stumble — [stum′bəl] vi. stumbled, stumbling [ME stumblen < Scand, as in Norw dial. stumba, ON stumra < IE base * stem , to bump against, hamper > STAMMER, Ger stumm, Du stom, mute] 1. to trip or miss one s step in walking, running, etc. 2. to… …   English World dictionary

  • stumble — stumbler, n. stumblingly, adv. /stum beuhl/, v., stumbled, stumbling, n. v.i. 1. to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip. 2. to walk or go unsteadily: to stumble down a dark passage. 3. to… …   Universalium

  • stumble — verb 1) she stumbled and fell heavily Syn: trip (over/up), lose one s balance, lose/miss one s footing, slip 2) he stumbled back home Syn: stagger, totter, teeter, dodder, blunder, hobble, move clumsily …   Thesaurus of popular words

  • stumble — [c]/ˈstʌmbəl / (say stumbuhl) verb (stumbled, stumbling) –verb (i) 1. to strike the foot against something in walking, running, etc., so as to stagger or fall; trip. 2. to walk or go unsteadily. 3. to make a slip, mistake, or blunder, especially… …  

  • stumble — stum•ble [[t]ˈstʌm bəl[/t]] v. bled, bling, n. 1) to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall 2) to walk or go unsteadily 3) to make a slip, mistake, or blunder, esp. a sinful one 4) to proceed in a… …   From formal English to slang

  • запинаться — ЗАПИНАТЬСЯ1, несов. (сов. запнуться), за что, обо что и без доп. Касаться (коснуться) кого , чего л., зацепившись, задев неожиданно, случайно ногой за что л.; Син.: спотыкаться [impf. to stumble (against, over), trip (over, up); to falter]. В… …   Большой толковый словарь русских глаголов

  • Israel — /iz ree euhl, ray /, n. 1. a republic in SW Asia, on the Mediterranean: formed as a Jewish state May 1948. 5,534,672; 7984 sq. mi. (20,679 sq. km). Cap.: Jerusalem. 2. the people traditionally descended from Jacob; the Hebrew or Jewish people. 3 …   Universalium

  • stammer — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. falter, stop, stumble, hesitate, pause, block one s utterance, stutter, repeat oneself, sputter, halt, hem and haw. II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. stutter, splutter, hem, trip/stumble over one s words, speak haltingly,… …   English dictionary for students

  • stutter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. See stammering. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. stumble, falter, sputter; see stammer . III (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) v. stammer, splutter, *trip over one s own words, *get hung by the tongue, falter,… …   English dictionary for students

  • Gang — This article is about groups of individuals who share a common identity. For other uses, see Gang (disambiguation). Street gang redirects here. For the Sesame Street book, see Street Gang (book). Gangs Territory Worldwide Membership 800,000 in… …   Wikipedia

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