Stagger

Quick meaning: Stagger is a noun meaning An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. (veterinary medicine) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling.
2. Bewilderment; perplexity.
3. The spacing out of various actions over time.
4. (aviation) The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.
5. To sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.
6. Doubt, waver, be shocked.
7. (motor racing) 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.

Example Sentences

parasitic staggers

the stagger of a drunken man

apoplectic or sleepy staggers

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

Word Forms

• staggers
• staggering
• staggered

Synonyms for stagger

Depending on context, synonyms include lurch, careen, stumble, keel, swag, flounder.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include reel, lurch, stumble, swag, distribute, stack.

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