EGAVE

stagger

About 0.57 uses per million words.

Meaning

  1. noun An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.
    the stagger of a drunken man
  2. noun A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling.
    parasitic staggers
  3. noun Bewilderment; perplexity.
  4. noun The spacing out of various actions over time.
  5. noun 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.
  6. noun The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.
  7. verb To sway unsteadily, reel, or totter. In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter.
    She began to stagger across the room.
  8. verb In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter.
    She began to stagger across the room.

Similar words

reel lurch stumble swag distribute stack careen keel flounder totter

Often followed by

the and to under back in out on into

Word family

staggered staggerer staggerers staggering staggers

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