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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: staggers /ˈstæɡəz/ n (functioning as singular or plural)- a form of vertigo associated with decompression sickness
- Also called: blind staggers a disease of horses and some other domestic animals characterized by a swaying unsteady gait, caused by infection, toxins, or lesions of the central nervous system
stag•ger /ˈstægɚ/USA pronunciation v. - to (cause to) walk, move, or stand unsteadily: [no object]He staggered from the force of the blow.[~ + object]The next punch staggered him.
- to astonish or shock:[~ + object]a fact that staggers the mind.
- to arrange in a pattern so as not to be in the same place at the same time:[~ + object]to stagger our lunch hours.
n. [countable] - the act of staggering;
an unsteady, reeling movement:lurching with a clumsy stagger. - a staggered order or arrangement.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024stag•ger (stag′ər),USA pronunciation v.i. - to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
- to falter or begin to give way, as in an argument or fight.
- to waver or begin to doubt, as in purpose or opinion;
hesitate:After staggering momentarily, he recognized that he had to make a decision.
v.t. - to cause to reel, totter, or become unsteady:This load would stagger an elephant.
- to shock;
render helpless with amazement or the like;
astonish:The vastness of outer space staggers the mind. - to cause to waver or falter:The news staggered her belief in the triumph of justice.
- to arrange in a zigzag order or manner on either side of a center:The captain staggered the troops along the road.
- to arrange otherwise than at the same time, esp. in a series of alternating or continually overlapping intervals:They planned to stagger lunch hours so that the cafeteria would not be rushed.
- Aeronauticsto arrange (the wings of a biplane or the like) so that the entering edge of an upper wing is either in advance of or behind that of a corresponding lower wing.
n. - the act of staggering;
a reeling or tottering movement or motion. - a staggered order or arrangement.
- Aeronautics
- a staggered arrangement of wings.
- the amount of staggering.
- staggers. (used with a sing. v.)[Vet. Pathol.]
- Also called blind staggers. acute selenium poisoning of livestock characterized by a staggering gait usually followed by respiratory failure and death.
- a condition of unknown cause, occurring in pregnant sheep, cattle, and other animals during or just following extended transport, characterized by a staggering gait and progressive paralysis.
- Old Norse stakra to reel, equivalent. to stak(a) to stagger + -ra frequentative suffix
- earlier stacker to reel, Middle English stakeren 1520–30
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged Stagger, reel, totter suggest an unsteady manner of walking. To stagger is successively to lose and regain one's equilibrium and the ability to maintain one's direction:to stagger with exhaustion, a heavy load, or intoxication.To reel is to sway dizzily and be in imminent danger of falling:to reel when faint with hunger.To totter is to move in a shaky, uncertain, faltering manner and suggests the immediate likelihood of falling from weakness or feebleness:An old man tottered along with a cane.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged vacillate.
- 5.See corresponding entry in Unabridged astound, confound, dumfound.
- 7.See corresponding entry in Unabridged alternate.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: stagger /ˈstæɡə/ vb - (usually intr) to walk or cause to walk unsteadily as if about to fall
- (transitive) to astound or overwhelm, as with shock: I am staggered by his ruthlessness
- (transitive) to place or arrange in alternating or overlapping positions or time periods to prevent confusion or congestion: a staggered junction, to stagger holidays
- (intransitive) to falter or hesitate: his courage staggered in the face of the battle
n - the act or an instance of staggering
Etymology: 13th Century dialect stacker, from Old Norse staka to pushˈstaggerer n |