stumble
verb
[ ˈstʌmb(ə)l ]
• trip or momentarily lose one's balance; almost fall.
• "her foot caught in the rug and she stumbled"
Similar:
trip,
trip over,
trip up,
lose one's balance,
lose/miss one's footing,
founder,
slip,
pitch,
stumble
noun
• an act of stumbling.
• "he broke a bone in his foot in a stumble down an Alpine pass"
Origin:
Middle English (as a verb): from Old Norse, from the Germanic base of stammer.
