Definitions
an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
Word origin
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *stam- (“to trip up; to stammer, stutter”), thereby related to German stumm (“mute”), Dutch stom (“dumb”). Doublet of stammer. Also related to verb in Dutch stommelen (“to walk silently”).
Used in a sentence
“I went to his aid. As he said, a board in the floor was loose. His stepping on it unawares had caused his stumble.”
“Possibly Mr. Carrados was considering it from his own way round for he did not appear to notice anything in her stumble.”
“She owns up to early stumbles, such as bottles being mislabeled.”
Source: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0
Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues
01“Awkward trip”7 letters
02“Trip awkwardly”7 letters
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