stagger

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall

   An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.

   • Afy slowly gathered in the sense of the words. She gasped twice, as if her breath had gone, and then, with a stagger and a shiver, fell heavily to the ground.
   • the stagger of a drunken man
2. 2

   A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden…

   A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling.

   • parasitic staggers
   • apoplectic or sleepy staggers
3. 3

   Bewilderment

   Bewilderment; perplexity.

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   1. 4

      The spacing out of various actions over time.

   2. 5

      The difference in circumference between the left and right tires on a racing vehicle. It…

      The difference in circumference between the left and right tires on a racing vehicle. It is used on oval tracks to make the car turn better in the corners.

   3. 6

      The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to…

      The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.

   4. 7

      To sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.

      • She began to stagger across the room.
      • Deep was the wound; he staggered with the blow.
   5. 8

      Doubt, waver, be shocked.

      • He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief.
   6. 9

      Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at…

      Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).

   7. 10

      One who attends a stag night.

      • Tallinn no longer takes pride in the title of 'favourite destination of British staggers'.

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