Synonyms: bumble, falter, stammer, stutter
Definition: speak haltingly
Usage: The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room
Similar words: speak, verbalise, verbalize, utter, mouth, talk
Definition: express in speech
Usage: She talks a lot of nonsense; This depressed patient does not verbalize
Synonyms: stumble, falter, bumble
Definition: walk unsteadily
Usage: The drunk man stumbled about
Similar words: walk
Definition: use one's feet to advance; advance by steps
Usage: Walk, don't run!; We walked instead of driving; She walks with a slight limp; The patient cannot walk yet; Walk over to the cabinet
Synonyms: flub, fluff, foul up, fuck up, fumble, louse up, mess up, ball up, spoil, screw up, mishandle, muck up, muff, blow, bobble, bodge, bollix, bollix up, bollocks, bollocks up, botch, botch up, bumble, bungle
Definition: make a mess of, destroy or ruin
Usage: I botched the dinner and we had to eat out; the pianist screwed up the difficult passage in the second movement
Similar words: fail, miscarry, go wrong
Definition: be unsuccessful
Usage: Where do today's public schools fail?; The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably