Stagger Definition

stăgər

staggered, staggering, staggers

verb

staggered, staggering, staggers

To move unsteadily, as though about to collapse; totter, sway, or reel, as from a blow, fatigue, drunkenness, etc.

Webster's New World

To cause to stagger, as with a blow.

Webster's New World

To lose determination, strength of purpose, etc.; hesitate; waver.

Webster's New World

To affect strongly with astonishment, horror, grief, etc.; overwhelm.

Webster's New World

To set, arrange, or incline alternately, as on either side of a line; make zigzag or alternating.

To stagger the teeth of a saw.

Webster's New World

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noun

staggers

The act of staggering, or reeling, tottering, etc.

Webster's New World

A staggered or zigzag arrangement.

Webster's New World

Any of several diseases or toxic conditions of horses, cattle, etc., characterized by a loss of coordination, and by staggering, falling, etc.

Webster's New World

An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man.

Wiktionary

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Other Word Forms of Stagger

Singular:

stagger

Plural:

Alteration of Middle English stakeren from Old Norse stakra frequentative of staka to push

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
From Old Norse stakra (to push).

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