If you see someone stagger out of a bar, or walk unsteadily, like he's about to fall, chances are he's had a few too many drinks.
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.
Noun
an unsteady uneven gait
Verb
to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"
Verb
astound or overwhelm, as with shock; "She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake"
Verb
walk as if unable to control one''s movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"
Verb
walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"
n.
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.
n.
To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
n.
To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less
confident or determined; to hesitate.
v. t.
To cause to reel or totter.
v. t.
To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to
make less steady or confident; to shock.
v. t.
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.
n.
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.
n.
A disease of horses and other animals, attended by
reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers;
appopletic or sleepy staggers.
n.
Bewilderment; perplexity.
Stagger
Deep was the wound; he staggered with the blow.2.
He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief.
Stagger
That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire That staggers thus my person.2.
Whosoever will read the story of this war will find himself much stagered.
Grants to the house of Russell were so enormous, as not only to outrage economy, but even to stagger credibility.3.
Stagger
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.
To cause to reel or totter.
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;
Usage Examples
When he was born, I looked at my little boy and felt an unconditional love I never knew was inside me. As he grew, and I watched him stagger about, squeak his first words, and turn into a beautiful little boy, that feeling did not change.
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