stumbled
STUM-buhld/ˈstʌmbl̩d/
- 1Simple past and past participle of stumble.
The hiker stumbled on the loose gravel near the summit.
We stumbled upon an old bookshop while exploring the city.
Note
One spelling does double duty: it stands alone as the past (she stumbled) and follows have or had in the perfect (she had stumbled). Most uses are intransitive, but a preposition can change the meaning. Stumbled on, upon or against means came across by chance, not tripped. Rarer is the transitive use, where something stumbled a person: it tripped them, or figuratively misled them.
stumbled is a form of stumble
stumble, verb: To trip or briefly lose your balance while walking, or to move with an unsteady, clumsy gait. Full entry
- Spelling
- stumble → stumbled: add -d
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