stumble

Meanings

• an unsteady uneven gait
• an unintentional but embarrassing blunder
• walk unsteadily
  • "The drunk man stumbled about"
• miss a step and fall or nearly fall
  • "She stumbled over the tree root"
• encounter by chance
  • "I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant"
• make an error

Synonyms

bumble, falter, hit, lurch, misstep, slip up, stagger, trip, trip up, trip-up