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Blunder

To make a gross error or mistake; as, to blunder in writing or preparing a medical prescription.

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Broader term 15

Breach 76% connected

The act of breaking, in a figurative sense.

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Break 76% connected

To strain apart; to sever by fracture; to divide with violence; as, to break a rope or chain; to break a seal; to break an axle; to break rocks or co…

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Error 76% connected

A wandering; a roving or irregular course.

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Fault 76% connected

Defect; want; lack; default.

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Infract 76% connected

Not broken or fractured; unharmed; whole.

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Mistake 76% connected

To make or form amiss; to spoil in making.

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Mouth 76% connected

The opening through which an animal receives food; the aperture between the jaws or between the lips; also, the cavity, containing the tongue and tee…

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Offend 76% connected

To strike against; to attack; to assail.

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Pass 76% connected

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

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Speak 76% connected

To utter words or articulate sounds, as human beings; to express thoughts by words; as, the organs may be so obstructed that a man may not be able to…

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Talk 76% connected

To utter words; esp., to converse familiarly; to speak, as in familiar discourse, when two or more persons interchange thoughts.

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Transgress 76% connected

To pass over or beyond; to surpass.

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Utter 76% connected

Outer.

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Verbalize 76% connected

To convert into a verb; to verbify.

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Violate 76% connected

To treat in a violent manner; to abuse.

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Bull 76% connected

The male of any species of cattle (Bovidae); hence, the male of any large quadruped, as the elephant; also, the male of the whale.

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faux pas 76% connected

A false step; a mistake or wrong measure.

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Fluff 76% connected

Nap or down; flue; soft, downy feathers.

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Fumble 76% connected

To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.

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Gaucherie 76% connected

An awkward action; clumsiness; boorishness.

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Howler 76% connected

One who howls.

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Misstep 76% connected

A wrong step; an error of conduct.

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Muff 76% connected

A soft cover of cylindrical form, usually of fur, worn by women to shield the hands from cold.

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Slip 76% connected

To move along the surface of a thing without bounding, rolling, or stepping; to slide; to glide.

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snafu 76% connected

A chaotic situation or mistake

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Solecism 76% connected

An impropriety or incongruity of language in the combination of words or parts of a sentence; esp., deviation from the idiom of a language or from th…

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Spectacle 76% connected

Something exhibited to view; usually, something presented to view as extraordinary, or as unusual and worthy of special notice; a remarkable or notew…

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Stumble 76% connected

To trip in walking or in moving in any way with the legs; to strike the foot so as to fall, or to endanger a fall; to stagger because of a false step.

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Trip 76% connected

To move with light, quick steps; to walk or move lightly; to skip; to move the feet nimbly; -- sometimes followed by it. See It, 5.

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Synonym 7

Bloomer 92% connected

A costume for women, consisting of a short dress, with loose trousers gathered round ankles, and (commonly) a broad-brimmed hat.

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Blurt 92% connected

To utter suddenly and unadvisedly; to divulge inconsiderately; to ejaculate; -- commonly with out.

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Botch 92% connected

A swelling on the skin; a large ulcerous affection; a boil; an eruptive disease.

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Bungle 92% connected

To act or work in a clumsy, awkward manner.

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Ejaculate 92% connected

To throw out suddenly and swiftly, as if a dart; to dart; to eject.

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Fumble 92% connected

To feel or grope about; to make awkward attempts to do or find something.

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Sin 92% connected

Old form of Since.

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