Lexipedia - Where words have meaning

slip, trip, stumble, misstep

n. an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

stumble, lurch, stagger

n. an unsteady uneven gait

trip, stumble

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

blunder, stumble, trip up, slip up

v. make an error; "She slipped up and revealed the name"

stumble, falter, bumble

v. walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"

hobble, limp

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

lurch, stagger, careen, reel, keel, swag

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, come down, go down, descend

v. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

tumble, topple

v. cause to topple or tumble by pushing

falter, stammer, stutter

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

sputter, splutter, utter with spitting sounds

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

skip, hop, hop-skip

v. jump lightly

dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down, lose substance

v. become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"

fail, miscarry, go wrong

v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

falter, stammer, stutter

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

flounder, flounder around

v. behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"

misfire, fail to detonate, fail to fire

v. fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"

decline, worsen, grow worse, get worse

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

drop, degenerate, deteriorate

v. grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

waver, falter

v. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

waste, waste away, diminish

v. become diminished

taper

v. diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

shrink, shrivel, wither, shrivel up

v. wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

decline, wane, go down, grow smaller

v. grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

degenerate, deteriorate, fall apart

v. become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"

fade, languish

v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

misconduct, mismanage, mishandle

v. manage badly or incompetently; "The funds were mismanaged"

block, stop, halt, kibosh, put the kibosh on

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

decline, go down

v. go down; "The roof declines here"

slip, mistake, err, be incorrect, be in the wrong, commit an error, make a mistake

v. to make a mistake or be incorrect

stride, step fast

v. walk with long steps; "He strode confidently across the hall"

march, stride

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"

stride, step fast

v. walk with long steps; "He strode confidently across the hall"

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