stagger

v., -gered, -ger·ing, -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. 1. To overwhelm with emotion or astonishment.
   2. 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.

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

staggerer stag'ger·er n.
staggery stag'ger·y adj.

Acute vitamin B₁ deficiency in horses and other animals, caused by eating bracken, which contains thiaminase, which destroys the vitamin.

verb

1. To walk unsteadily: falter, lurch, reel, stumble, teeter, totter, weave, wobble. See move/halt.
2. To proceed or perform in an unsteady, faltering manner: blunder, bumble¹, bungle, flounder, fudge, fumble, limp, muddle, shuffle, stumble. See thrive/fail/exist.
3. To be irresolute in acting or doing: dither, falter, halt², hesitate, pause, shilly-shally, vacillate, waver, wobble. See decide/hesitate.
4. To overwhelm with surprise, wonder, or bewilderment: boggle, bowl over, dumbfound, flabbergast, floor. See excite/bore/interest, surprise/expect.

Incoordination of any kind, including a tendency to fall, and recumbency if harassed.

• blind s. — incoordination, aimless wandering as in liver encephalopathy, carbohydrate engorgement.
• grass s. — see lactation tetany (2).
• paspalum s. — see paspalum ergot.
• ryegrass s. — see ryegrass staggers.

IN BRIEF: To walk unsteadily as though about to fall.

She was sitting so long without moving that I saw her stagger when she got up.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - vakle, blive betænkelig, rave
v. tr. - vakle, blive betænkelig, rave, chokere, forbløffe, ryste, opstille skiftevis
n. - vaklen, raven

Nederlands (Dutch)
wankelen, waggelen, twijfelen, om en om zetten, gewaggel

Français (French)
v. intr. - chanceler, tituber, vaciller
v. tr. - stupéfier, bouleverser, échelonner, (Tech) disposer (qch) en quinconce, (Aviat) décaler (ailes)
n. - pas chancelant, en titubant

Deutsch (German)
v. - schwanken, torkeln, zum Schwanken bringen, versetzt anordnen
n. - Schwanken, versetzte Anordnung

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - παραπαίω, τρικλίζω, (συγ)κλονίζω, διατάσσω εναλλάξ ή κλιμακωτά
n. - παραπάτημα, τρίκλισμα

Italiano (Italian)
barcollare, sbalordire

Português (Portuguese)
n. - cambaleio (m)
v. - cambalear

Русский (Russian)
идти шатаясь, покачиваться, расшатывать, быть в нерешительности, поколебать, ошеломлять, распределять, пошатывание, шахматное расположение, эшелонирование, расположенный уступами

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - tambalearse, vacilar, temblar, hacer eses (al andar), titubear, dudar, flaquear
v. tr. - asombrar, hacer vacilar, causar vértigo, aturdir, asustar, escalonar (las horas de trabajo)
n. - tambaleo, vacilación

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vackla, ragla, vingla, tveka, sprida, sätta i sicksack
n. - vacklande, ragling, spridning, sicksackordning

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
摇摇晃晃, 蹒跚而行, 畏缩, 犹豫, 动摇, 坚持进行, 使摇晃, 使蹒跚, 使吃惊, 使犹豫, 压倒, 摇晃, 蹒跚, 交错安排, 晕倒症

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 搖搖晃晃, 蹣跚而行, 畏縮, 猶豫, 動搖, 堅持進行
v. tr. - 使搖晃, 使蹣跚, 使吃驚, 使猶豫, 壓倒
n. - 搖晃, 蹣跚, 交錯安排, 暈倒症

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 비틀거리다, (전투 등에서) 뒷걸음질치다, (마음이) 동요하다
v. tr. - 휘청거리게 하다, (결심 따위를) 흔들리게 하다, 깜짝 놀라게 하다
n. - 비틀거리기, 케이슨 병, 지그재그 배치

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - よろめく, 二の足を踏む, ぐらつかせる, 仰天させる, びっくりさせる, 食い違わせる, 互い違いに配列する
n. - よろけ, ふらつき, めまい, 波形配置, 時差出勤
adj. - ジグザグ配列の, 部分的にずらした

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) ترنح, تمايل في مشيته, نظم العمل على أوقات متفاوته, ادهش (الاسم) مشيه متمايله‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התנודד, נע בחוסר-יציבות‬
v. tr. - ‮זעזע, טלטל, פיזר בזמנים שונים, סידר (חישורי אופן) בזיגזג, סידר דברים כדי שלא יהיו בשורה אחת‬
n. - ‮התנודדות, התמוטטות, סידור בזיגזג‬

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