Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

stumble across

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.41 in modern English

Syllables
stum-ble across
IPA
19
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To discover or find (something) by accident.

Transitive verb

verb

To meet (somebody) by chance.

Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

stumbles across (present, singular) stumbling across (participle, present) stumbled across (participle, past) stumbled across (past)

Synonyms

come across come upon happen upon stumble on stumble upon

Questions

What does stumble across mean?
To discover or find (something) by accident.

How to pronounce stumble across

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