| Stagger (stagger) |
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| v. i. | (?) |
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| Stag"ger |
| [imp. *** p.
p. Staggered (?)] p. pr. *** vb. n.
Staggering.] [OE. stakeren, Icel. stakra to push,
to stagger, fr. staka to punt, push, stagger] cf. OD.
staggeren to |
To move to one side and the other, as if about
to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness;
to sway; to reel or totter.
To cease to stand firm; to begin to give
way; to fail.
To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to
become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
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| Stagger (stagger) |
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| v. t. | |
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| Stag"ger |
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To cause to reel or totter.
To cause to doubt and waver; to make to
hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
To arrange (a series of parts) on each side
of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets
of a boiler seam.
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| Stagger (stagger) |
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| n. | |
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| Stag"ger |
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An
unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were
about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural; as,
the stagger of a drunken man.
A disease of
horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden
falling; as, parasitic staggers; appopletic or sleepy
staggers.
Bewilderment; perplexity.
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