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Grammar Thesaurus. Word Lists. Choose your language. My word lists. Tell us about this example sentence:. The word in the example sentence does not match the entry word. The sentence contains offensive content. A cry of joy burst from his lips, and he managed to stagger to his feet. The kneeling figure sprang to his feet with a fierce stagger. He made several trips, the last of which was to stagger under a huge burden of spruce boughs.

New Word List Word List. Save This Word! Also called blind staggers. It staggers me to see how much money they've spent on this project. They staggered the runners' starting positions. Noun He walked with a slight stagger.

Recent Examples on the Web: Verb Lue recently revealed his idea to stagger Bledsoe and Jackson, so one traditional lead guard will be on the floor for every minute of the game excluding garbage time.

Colwell, Car and Driver , 17 Sep. First Known Use of stagger Verb 15th century, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a Noun , in the meaning defined at sense 1 Adjective , in the meaning defined above. History and Etymology for stagger Verb alteration of earlier stacker , from Middle English stakeren , from Old Norse stakra , frequentative of staka to push; perhaps akin to Old English staca stake — more at stake.

Learn More About stagger. Time Traveler for stagger The first known use of stagger was in the 15th century See more words from the same century. Style: MLA. English Language Learners Definition of stagger Entry 1 of 2. His success later in the afternoon has staggered a nation and sent two families reeling from heartache that never diminishes.

Kitty staggered around the corner to the rear of her building, trying to make it home. I was not prepared for the staggered , ruthless falling apart of one of the people I love most in the world. Edwards who was governor for a total of sixteen, staggered years from to was long-dogged by charges of corruption.

Sid was the only one who laughed; staggered around, holding his gut.