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Stagger

noun
/ˈstæɡə/
Word Frequency: 0.6

Definitions

1.nounAn 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.nounA disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling
"apoplectic or sleepy staggers"
3.nounBewilderment; perplexity.
4.nounThe spacing out of various actions over time.
5.nounThe 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.nounThe horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.
7.verbSway unsteadily, reel, or totter.
8.verbDoubt, waver, be shocked.
9.verbHave multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly-spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).

Synonyms

reellurchstumbleswagdistributestackcareenkeelfloundertotterstunalternate

Rhymes With

swaggernaggerdaggerdraggersaggergaggerlaggersandbagger
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