stagger

stag·ger  (stgr)

v. stag·gered, stag·ger·ing, stag·gers

v.intr.

1. To move or stand unsteadily, as if under a great weight; totter.

2. To begin to lose confidence or strength of purpose; waver.

v.tr.

1. To cause to totter, sway, or reel: The blow staggered him.

2.

a. To overwhelm with emotion or astonishment.

b. To cause to waver or lose confidence.

3. To place on or as if on alternating sides of a center line; set in a zigzag row or rows: theater seats that were staggered for clear viewing.

4. To arrange in alternating or overlapping time periods: staggered the nurses' shifts.

5. To arrange (the wings of a biplane) so that the leading edge of one wing is either ahead of or behind the leading edge of the other wing.

6. Sports To arrange (the start of a race) with the starting point in the outside lanes progressively closer to the finish line so as to neutralize the advantage of competing in the shorter inside lanes.

n.

1. A tottering, swaying, or reeling motion.

2. A staggered pattern, arrangement, or order.

3. staggers (used with a sing. verb) Any of various diseases of the nervous system in animals, especially horses, cattle, or other domestic animals, characterized by a lack of coordination in moving, a staggering gait, and frequent falling. Also called blind staggers.

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[Alteration of Middle English stakeren, from Old Norse stakra, frequentative of staka, to push.]

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stagger·er n.

stagger·y adj.

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stagger [ˈstægə]

vb

1. (usually intr) to walk or cause to walk unsteadily as if about to fall

2. (tr) to astound or overwhelm, as with shock I am staggered by his ruthlessness

3. (tr) to place or arrange in alternating or overlapping positions or time periods to prevent confusion or congestion a staggered junction to stagger holidays

4. (intr) to falter or hesitate his courage staggered in the face of the battle

5. (Engineering / Aeronautics) (tr) to set (the wings of a biplane) so that the leading edge of one extends beyond that of the other

n

1. the act or an instance of staggering

2. (Engineering / Aeronautics) a staggered arrangement on a biplane, etc See also staggers

[C13 dialect stacker, from Old Norse staka to push]

staggerer  n

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stag•ger (ˈstæg ər)

v.i.

1. to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.

2. to falter or begin to give way, as in an argument.

3. to waver or hesitate, as in purpose or resolve.

v.t.

4. to cause to reel, totter, or become unsteady.

5. to astonish or shock: a fact that staggers the mind.

6. to cause to waver or falter.

7. to arrange in an alternating pattern: to stagger lunch hours.

n.

8. the act of staggering; a reeling or tottering movement.

9. a staggered order or arrangement.

10. staggers, (used with a sing. v.) any of several severe diseases of livestock characterized by a staggering gait.

[1520–30; earlier stacker to reel, Middle English stakeren < Old Norse stakra to reel =stak(a) to stagger + -ra frequentative suffix]

stag′ger•er, n.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	stagger - an unsteady uneven gait               lurch, stumble gait - a person's manner of walking
Verb	1.	stagger - walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room" careen, keel, lurch, reel, swag walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
	2.	stagger - walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow" flounder walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
	3.	stagger - to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall" distribute arrange, set up - put into a proper or systematic order; "arrange the books on the shelves in chronological order"
	4.	stagger - astound or overwhelm, as with shock; "She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake" overwhelm, sweep over, whelm, overpower, overtake, overcome - overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli

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stagger

verb

1. totter, reel, sway, falter, lurch, wobble, waver, teeter He was staggering and had to lean on the bar.

2. lurch, reel, stumble, sway, totter a government that staggered from crisis to crisis

3. astound, amaze, stun, surprise, shock, shake, overwhelm, astonish, confound, take (someone) aback, bowl over (informal), stupefy, strike (someone) dumb, throw off balance, give (someone) a shock, dumbfound, nonplus, flabbergast, take (someone's) breath away The whole thing staggers me.

Translations

stagger [ˈstægəʳ]

A. N

1. → tambaleo m

2. staggers (Vet) → modorra f

B. VI → tambalear
he staggered to the door → fue tambaleándose hasta la puerta
he was staggering about → iba tambaleándose

C. VT

1. (= amaze) → dejar anonadado, dejar pasmado
we were staggered by the number of letters we received → nos dejó anonadados or pasmados la cantidad de cartas que recibimos

2. [+ hours, holidays, payments, spokes] → escalonar

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stagger [ˈstægə^r]

vi (gen) → chanceler; (when drunk) → tituber
I staggered to the nearest chair
BUT Je m'avançai d'un pas chancelant jusqu'à la chaise la plus proche.

vt

(= astound) [+ person] → stupéfier

[+ hours, holidays] → étaler, échelonner; [+ payments] → échelonner

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stagger

vi → schwanken, taumeln; (because of illness, weakness) → wanken; (drunkenly) → torkeln; he was staggering along the street → er taumelte die Straße entlang

vt

(fig: = amaze: news etc) → den Atem verschlagen (+dat), → umhauen (inf); he was staggered to hear of his promotion → die Nachricht von seiner Beförderung verschlug ihm die Sprache or haute ihn um (inf); you stagger me! → da bin ich aber platt! (inf)

hours, holidays → staffeln, stufen; seats, spokes → versetzt anordnen, versetzen

n

→ Taumeln nt; to give a stagger → taumeln, schwanken; with a stagger → taumelnd, schwankend

staggers sing or pl (Vet) → (Dumm)koller m

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stagger [ˈstægəʳ]

1. vt

a. (amaze, person) → sbalordire

b. (holidays, payments, hours) → scaglionare; (objects) → disporre a intervalli

2. vi → barcollare
to stagger along/in/out → avanzare/entrare/uscire barcollando
he staggered to the door → andò verso la porta barcollando

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stagger (ˈstӕgə) verb

1. to sway, move or walk unsteadily. The drunk man staggered along the road. steier يَتَرَنَّح، يَتَمايَل клатушкам се cambalear vrávorat schwanken slingre τρεκλίζω, παραπατώ tuikuma تلوتلو خوردن hoiperrella tituber לְהִתנוֹדֵד लड़खड़ाना, डगमगाना posrtati, teturati tántorog terhuyung-huyung skjögra barcollare よろめく 비틀거리다 šlitiniuoti streipuļot terhuyung-hayang wankelen sjangle, rave zataczać się cambalear a se împletici идти шатаясь tackať sa opotekati se teturati se stappla, ragla, vackla เซ; เอียง sendeleyerek yürümek, yalpalamak 蹣跚而行 хитатися, іти хитаючись لڑکھڑانا làm lảo đảo, loạng choạng 蹒跚

2. to astonish. I was staggered to hear he had died. verbaas, verdwaas يُصْعَق، يُذْهَل зашеметявам surpreender ohromit erschüttern forbløffe καταπλήσσω, συγκλονίζω hämmastama مبهوت كردن hämmästyttää atterrer לְזַעֲזֵעַ चौंका देना, आश्चर्यचकित होना osupnuti, preneraziti megdöbbent mengherankan slá út af laginu sconcertare びっくりさせる 깜짝 놀라다 priblokšti, sukrėsti pārsteigt; satriekt terkejut onthutsen bli lamslått/rystet wstrząsać, ogłuszać surpreender a consterna ошеломлять ohromiť, zdrviť osupiti zapanjiti förbluffa, skaka ทำให้ลังเล şaşırmak 使震驚 приголомшувати, вражати مبہوت ہونا làm bối rối, choáng váng 使震惊

3. to arrange (people's hours of work, holidays etc) so that they do not begin and end at the same times. skik يُنَظِّم نَوْبات العَمَل пофдреждам работно време така че да не съвпада escalonar rozložit staffeln forskyde ρυθμίζω κατά διαστήματα (π.χ. ωράρια ή διακοπές) diferentseerima, jaotama تنظيم كردن porrastaa échelonner לְפַצֵל भिन्न-भिन्न समय रखना stupnjevati (početak radnog vremena) lépcsőzetessé tesz mengatur víxlraða; hagræða scaglionare ずらせる (근무시간, 휴무 등을) 어긋나게 하다 sudaryti slankųjį grafiką regulēt; veidot slīdošo grafiku mengatur spreiden forskyve układać przemiennie escalonar a eşalona составить скользящий график rozložiť razporediti rasporediti sprida จัดตารางเวลาการทำงาน düzenlemek 使錯開，交錯安排 регулювати години роботи کام کے اوقات اور تعطیل وغیرہ کو ترتیب دینا chéo nhau, bố trí xen kẽ 使错开（安排）

ˈstaggering adjective

causing unsteadiness, shock or astonishment. a staggering blow on the side of the head; That piece of news is staggering. verbasend, dronkslanend مُذْهِل، صاعِق зашеметяващ espantoso otřesný umwerfend rystende συνταρακτικός, συγκλονιστικός põrutav, ootamatu تلوتلو ällistyttävä renversant מַדהִים आश्चर्यजनक ošamućujući megrázó mengejutkan yfirþyrmandi; gífurlegur sconcertante ぐらつかせる 깜짝 놀라게 하는 pritrenkiantis, smarkus pārsteidzošs; satriecošs mengejutkan duizelingwekkend kolossal, overveldende oszałamiający espantoso stupefiant ошеломительный otrasný, šokujúci; závratný osupljiv šokantan förödande, förbluffande น่าตกใจ; น่าพิศวง çok şaşırtıcı 搖晃欲倒的，使震驚 приголомшливий بہت حیرت انگیز gây sửng sốt, làm kinh ngạc 使腿软不稳的，令人震惊的

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stagger → يَتهادَى zapotácet (se) vakle taumeln τρικλίζω tambalearse kävellä horjuen tituber teturati barcollare よろめく 비틀거리다 wankelen vingle zatoczyć się cambalear идти шатаясь raggla การเซ sendelemek đi loạng choạng 蹒跚

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stag·ger

v.  escalonar, saltear, distribuir con una secuencia; vacilar; tambalear; tambalearse.