staggernoun詞源 1/ˈstæɡə/

• 1

  An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.

  • 7 October 2012, Paolo Bandini in The Guardian, Denver Broncos 21 New England Patriots 31 - as it happened Put down the rosary beads folks, I believe hell may just have frozen over. Peyton Manning drops back, sees nothing open and runs for a first down. If you can call that running. More like the stagger of a wounded rhino. Did the job, though
  • Afy slowly gathered in the sense of the words. She gasped twice, as if her breath had gone, and then, with a stagger and a shiver, fell heavily to the ground.
• 2

  biologymedicinenatural-sciencesA disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling.

  • parasitic staggers
  • apoplectic or sleepy staggers
• 3

  Bewilderment; perplexity.

• 4

  The spacing out of various actions over time.

  • 19 April 2016, Rachel Roddy in The Guardian, Rachel Roddy’s Roman spring vegetable stew recipe I don’t include cured pork, although it is very nice, and rather than putting everything in the pan at once I prefer a stagger of ingredients, which ensures each one gets the right amount of time.
• 5

  hobbieslifestylemotor-racingThe 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

  aeronauticsaerospaceaviationThe horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.

staggerverb詞源 1/ˈstæɡə/

• 1

  To sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.

  • She began to stagger across the room.
  • Deep was the wound; he staggered with the blow.
• 2

  To sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.

  • The powerful blow of his opponent's fist staggered the boxer.
  • That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire / That staggers thus my person.
• 3

  To sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.

  • 1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation
  • The enemy staggers.
• 4

  Doubt, waver, be shocked.

  • He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief.
• 5

  Doubt, waver, be shocked.

  • He will stagger the committee when he presents his report.
  • [W]hoſoever vvill be curious to read the future ſtory of this intricate VVarre (if it be poſsible to compile a ſtory of it) he vvill find himſelfe much ſtagger'd, and put to a kind of riddle; […]
• 6

  Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).

• 7

  Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).

  • We will stagger the starting positions for the race on the oval track.
• 8

  Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).

  • We will stagger the run so the faster runners can go first, then the joggers.
  • The evening peak (5.30-5.45) is more concentrated than the morning (9–9.15), but it had not been intensified in the 12 months to last November; this is attributed by London Transport partly to efforts to persuade firms to stagger their hours.

staggernoun詞源 2/ˈstæɡə/

• 1

  One who attends a stag night.

  • Tallinn no longer takes pride in the title of 'favourite destination of British staggers'.