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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006) |
stagger
n 1: an unsteady uneven gait [syn: lurch, stumble,
stagger]
v 1: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken
man staggered into the room" [syn: stagger, reel,
keel, lurch, swag, careen]
2: walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy
snow" [syn: stagger, flounder]
3: to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the
lecture hall" [syn: stagger, distribute]
4: astound or overwhelm, as with shock; "She was staggered with
bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the
earthquake"
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2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Stagger \Stag"ger\, n.
1. 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.
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2. pl. (Far.) A disease of horses and other animals, attended
by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic
staggers; apopletic or sleepy staggers.
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3. pl. Bewilderment; perplexity. [R.] --Shak.
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Stomach staggers (Far.), distention of the stomach with
food or gas, resulting in indigestion, frequently in
death.
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3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Stagger \Stag"ger\ (-g[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Staggered
(-g[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Staggering.] [OE. stakeren,
Icel. stakra to push, to stagger, fr. staka to punt, push,
stagger; cf. OD. staggeren to stagger. Cf. Stake, n.]
1. To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in
standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness;
to sway; to reel or totter.
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Deep was the wound; he staggered with the blow.
--Dryden.
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2. To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
"The enemy staggers." --Addison.
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3. To begin to doubt and waver in purpose; to become less
confident or determined; to hesitate.
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He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God
through unbelief. --Rom. iv. 20.
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4. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 |
Stagger \Stag"ger\, v. t.
1. To cause to reel or totter.
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That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire
That staggers thus my person. --Shak.
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2. To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make
less steady or confident; to shock.
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Whosoever will read the story of this war will find
himself much staggered. --Howell.
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Grants to the house of Russell were so enormous, as
not only to outrage economy, but even to stagger
credibility. --Burke.
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3. To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median
line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets
of a boiler seam.
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Thesaurus Results for stagger:
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1. Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 |
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Common Misspellings > |
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