To proceed or perform in an unsteady, faltering manner

• stumble

  1. To miss one's step in walking or running; trip and almost fall.
  2. To proceed unsteadily or falteringly; flounder.
  3. To act or speak falteringly or clumsily:

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  1. To miss one's step in walking or running; trip and almost fall.
  2. To proceed unsteadily or falteringly; flounder.
  3. To act or speak falteringly or clumsily:

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• stagger

  1. To move or stand unsteadily, as if under a great weight; totter.
  2. To cause to totter, sway, or reel:
  3. To astonish, shock, or overwhelm:

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  1. To move or stand unsteadily, as if under a great weight; totter.
  2. To cause to totter, sway, or reel:
  3. To astonish, shock, or overwhelm:

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• shuffle

  1. To move with short sliding steps, without or barely lifting the feet:
  2. To dance casually with sliding and tapping steps.
  3. To shift from position to position or move from place to place:

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  1. To move with short sliding steps, without or barely lifting the feet:
  2. To dance casually with sliding and tapping steps.
  3. To shift from position to position or move from place to place:

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• muddle

  1. To mix together, especially confusedly:
  2. To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler.
  3. To put into a state of confusion; confuse:

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  1. To mix together, especially confusedly:
  2. To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler.
  3. To put into a state of confusion; confuse:

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• limp

  1. To walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg.
  2. To move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily:
  3. An irregular, jerky, or awkward gait.

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  1. To walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg.
  2. To move or proceed haltingly or unsteadily:
  3. An irregular, jerky, or awkward gait.

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• fumble

  1. To touch or handle nervously or idly:
  2. To grope awkwardly to find or to accomplish something:
  3. To proceed awkwardly and uncertainly; blunder:

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  1. To touch or handle nervously or idly:
  2. To grope awkwardly to find or to accomplish something:
  3. To proceed awkwardly and uncertainly; blunder:

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• flounder

  1. To move clumsily or with little progress, as through water or mud.
  2. To act or function in a confused or directionless manner; struggle:
  3. The act of floundering.

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  1. To move clumsily or with little progress, as through water or mud.
  2. To act or function in a confused or directionless manner; struggle:
  3. The act of floundering.

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• bungle

  1. To carry out badly or ruin through ineptitude; botch.
  2. To work or act ineptly or inefficiently.
  3. A clumsy or inept performance; a botch:

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  1. To carry out badly or ruin through ineptitude; botch.
  2. To work or act ineptly or inefficiently.
  3. A clumsy or inept performance; a botch:

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• bumble

  1. To speak in a faltering manner.
  2. To move, act, or proceed clumsily.
  3. To make a buzzing sound.

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  1. To speak in a faltering manner.
  2. To move, act, or proceed clumsily.
  3. To make a buzzing sound.

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• blunder

  1. A mistake typically caused by ignorance or carelessness.
  2. To make a mistake.
  3. To move clumsily or haltingly.

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  1. A mistake typically caused by ignorance or carelessness.
  2. To make a mistake.
  3. To move clumsily or haltingly.

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