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| stag·ger [ stággər ] |
verb (past and past participle stag·gered, present participle stag·ger·ing, 3rd person present singular stag·gers) |
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1. intransitive verb move unsteadily, nearly falling: to move or walk unsteadily, almost but not quite falling over
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2. transitive verb make person or animal stumble: to make a person or animal stumble or nearly fall, especially by a blow
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3. transitive verb astonish somebody: to completely astonish or amaze somebody
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often passive
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4. transitive verb arrange activities for separate times: to arrange activities so that they do not overlap
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5. transitive verb put things into alternating or zigzag pattern: to arrange things so that they do not form a straight line, especially in an alternating or zigzag pattern
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often passive
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6. intransitive verb hesitate: to hesitate or falter
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7. transitive verb aviation adjust edge of biplane's wing: to make the leading edge of one wing of a biplane project beyond the leading edge of the other wing
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noun (plural stag·gers) |
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1. stumble nearly resulting in fall: an unsteady movement in which a person or animal almost falls
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2. aviation arrangement of biplane wings: a design in which the leading edge of one wing of a biplane is ahead of that of the other wing
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| [Mid-16th century. Alteration of obsolete stacker< Old Norse stakkra< staka "push" < Germanic, "pole"] |
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  stag·ger·er noun |
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