英:['stægərə]
美:['stægərə]
英:['stægərə]
美:['stægərə]
verb
intransitive verb
to reel from side to side : totter
to move on unsteadily
staggered toward the door
to waver in purpose or action : hesitate
to rock violently
the ship staggered
transitive verb
to cause to doubt or hesitate : perplex
to cause to reel or totter
to arrange in any of various zigzags, alternations, or overlappings of position or time stagger teeth on a cutter
stagger work shifts
noun
staggers plural in form but singular or plural in construction an abnormal condition of domestic animals associated with damage to the central nervous system and marked by incoordination and a reeling unsteady gait
a reeling or unsteady gait or stance
an arrangement in which the leading edge of the upper wing of a biplane is advanced over that of the lower
adjective
marked by an alternating or overlapping pattern
Verb alteration of earlier stacker, from Middle English stakeren, from Old Norse stakra, frequentative of staka to push; perhaps akin to Old English staca stake — more at stake
The first known use of stagger was in the 15th century
stagger1 of 2verb
to move or cause to move unsteadily from side to side as if about to fall
to begin to doubt and waver : become less confident
to cause to doubt, waver, or hesitate : overwhelm
were staggered by the problems they had to face
to place or arrange in a zigzag or alternate but regular way
stagger2 of 2noun
plural an abnormal condition of domestic animals associated with damage to the central nervous system and marked by unsteady movements and falling
a reeling or unsteady gait or stance
1 Eh, my word, but it were a staggerer!
2 It is," he said to me, "the most perfectly lonely, rusty, stagnant old staggerer of a domain that you can possibly imagine.
3 A hard slap on the back staggered him.
4 She staggered over to the sofa.
5 That was a staggerer, and the boy followed it up while the man was dazed.
6 He walked with a slight stagger.
7 It was somewhat of a staggerer, but I had been through it all myself, and understood the boy's feelings perfectly.
8 Before many minutes had elapsed, the whole colony of women, jumpers, staggerers, and sprawlers, were assembled on the beach at Bounty Bay.
9 Nellie’s answer to this question was a “staggerer” to Master Bob, as he termed it in his choice phraseology.
10 “Haven’t you followed me ever since you were a staggerer?” asked Sally, with a simple look.
11 Ukridge must have been in the nature of a staggerer to the rustic mind.
12 That particular sentence, beginning "Whom God hath joined together," was a staggerer for a gentlewoman of strong devotional sentiment.
13 This would have been a staggerer coming from a mere keeper, but from this exquisitely beautiful, this calm statue of a girl, it was simply devastating.
14 This crushing proof of young Leary's goodness was a staggerer for Thankful.
15 We cannot say how many, or rather how few, months old the child is, but, as we have already remarked, she is a staggerer.
16 The fust reel staggerer was the reel Firemen, about a thowsand on 'em, a marching along as bold as their brass Helmets.
17 This was a staggerer, but I suggested: "What about Kipling?"
18 They staggered the runners' starting positions.
19 They were still staggerers, and the game was simply one of romps.
20 This was a staggerer, but I set about the difficult undertaking without any feeling of discouragement.
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