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Nouns (3)

lurch, stumble, stagger

n. an unsteady uneven gait

Verbs (4)

stumble, hit

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

stumble, trip

v. miss a step and fall or nearly fall; "She stumbled over the tree root"

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Fuzzynyms (23)

limp, gimp, hobble, hitch

v. walk impeded by some physical limitation or injury; "The old woman hobbles down to the store every day"

stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen

v. walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"

stagger, flounder

v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

fall

v. move in a specified direction; "The line of men fall forward"

tumble

v. put clothes in a tumbling barrel, where they are whirled about in hot air, usually with the purpose of drying; "Wash in warm water and tumble dry"

bumble, stutter, stammer, falter

v. speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

sputter, splutter

v. utter with a spitting sound, as if in a rage

hop, skip, hop-skip

v. jump lightly

Synonyms (2)

come, come up

v. move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody; "He came singing down the road"; "Come with me to the Casbah"; "come down here!"; "come out of the closet!"; "come into the room"

Antonyms (2)

stride

v. cover or traverse by taking long steps; "She strode several miles towards the woods"

march

v. walk fast, with regular or measured steps; walk with a stride; "He marched into the classroom and announced the exam"; "The soldiers marched across the border"

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