· an unsteady uneven gait
Hypernym(s): gait
· an unintentional but embarrassing blunder; "he recited the whole poem without a single trip"; "he arranged his robes to avoid a trip-up later"; "confusion caused his unfortunate misstep"
Synonym(s): trip, trip-up, misstep
Hypernym(s): blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
· walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"
Hypernym(s): walk
· miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"
Synonym(s): trip
Hypernym(s): move
· encounter by chance; "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
Synonym(s): hit
Hypernym(s): come_by, come_into
· make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"
Hypernym(s): err, mistake, slip