| noun | an unsteady uneven gait |
| noun | an unintentional but embarrassing blunder “he recited the whole poem without a single trip” |
| verb | walk unsteadily “The drunk man stumbled about” |
| verb | miss a step and fall or nearly fall “She stumbled over the tree root” |
| verb | encounter by chance “I stumbled across a long-lost cousin last night in a restaurant” |
| verb | make an error “She slipped up and revealed the name” |
| lurch | verb | walk as if unable to control one's movements |
| stumble | verb | walk unsteadily |
| stagger | verb | walk with great difficulty |
| trip up | verb | detect a blunder or misstep |
| stumble | noun | an unsteady uneven gait |
| stumbler | noun | a walker or runner who trips and almost falls |
| trip | noun | an accidental misstep threatening (or causing) a fall |
| tripper | noun | a walker or runner who trips and almost falls |
| slip-up | noun | a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. |
| trip-up | noun | an unintentional but embarrassing blunder |