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Definition or meaning of the English word Stagger
Bewilderment; perplexity. (n.).
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. (n.).
To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock. (v. t.).
To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate. (n.).
A disease of horses and other animals; attended by reeling; unsteady gait or sudden falling; as; parasitic staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers. (n.).
To cause to reel or totter. (v. t.).
To arrange a series of partson each side of a median line alternately; as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam. (v. t.).
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. (n.).
To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail. (n.).
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