blunder

[Ume]

Hello.

"I blundered into a lamppost while walking down the street reading a book."

Do you use "blunder" as a verb in daily speech?

 

[You little ripper!]

Hello.

"I blundered into a lamppost while walking down the street reading a book."

Do you use "blunder" as a verb in daily speech?

I've never heard it used in that sense before. It's generally used in English to mean an embarrassing mistake.

He realized he had made a blunder and retracted his statement.

 

[cas29]

As Charles said, it is usually used to indicate a mistake.

I have heard it used in the context of walking into something - but usually a situation rather than an object.

In either case, it is not very common in North American English spoken or written. I think you would hear it in BE more in written works than spoken.

 

[panjandrum]

Occasionally people are said to be blundering around, causing mayhem or chaos. But it is not very common.
It's not so uncommon as to be remarkable, though, and it would be generally understood either as verb or noun.

 

[cirrus]

I find I am rather prone to blundering about if I have been investigating the bottoms of several pint glasses by imbibing the beer on top.

 

[You little ripper!]

The Encarta dictionary says that it also means to stumble or move clumsily and to act or speak in a manner that is clumsy, ignorant, or thoughtless.

 

[Ume]

Thanks a lot, everyone.