stumbling

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English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈstʌmblɪŋ/, /ˈstʌmbl̩ɪŋ/
  • Rhymes: -ʌmblɪŋ
  • Hyphenation: stum‧bling

Verb

stumbling

  1. present participle and gerund of stumble

Noun

stumbling (plural stumblings)

  1. The motion of one who stumbles.
    • 2008 March 16, Alexander Star, “I Feel Good”, in New York Times:
      Some evolutionary theorists stress that cultural innovation allows human beings to overcome the blind stumblings of natural selection: we deliberately solve a problem and pass on that solution to our descendants, who improve on it in turn.

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