4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stagger  \Stag"ger\,  v.  t. 
  1.  To  cause  to  reel  or  totter. 
 
  That  hand  shall  burn  in  never-quenching  fire  That 
  staggers  thus  my  person.  --Shak. 
 
  2.  To  cause  to  doubt  and  waver;  to  make  to  hesitate;  to  make 
  less  steady  or  confident;  to  shock. 
 
  Whosoever  will  read  the  story  of  this  war  will  find 
  himself  much  stagered.  --Howell. 
 
  Grants  to  the  house  of  Russell  were  so  enormous,  as 
  not  only  to  outrage  economy,  but  even  to  stagger 
  credibility.  --Burke. 
 
  3.  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stagger  \Stag"ger\,  v.  i.  [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  stagger.  Cf  {Stake},  n.] 
  1.  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. 
 
  Deep  was  the  wound;  he  staggered  with  the  blow. 
  --Dryden. 
 
  2.  To  cease  to  stand  firm;  to  begin  to  give  way  to  fail 
  ``The  enemy  staggers.''  --Addison. 
 
  3.  To  begin  to  doubt  and  waver  in  purposes;  to  become  less 
  confident  or  determined;  to  hesitate. 
 
  He  [Abraham]  staggered  not  at  the  promise  of  God 
  through  unbelief.  --Rom.  iv  20. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Stagger  \Stag"ger\,  n. 
  1.  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. 
 
  2.  pl  (Far.)  A  disease  of  horses  and  other  animals,  attended 
  by  reeling,  unsteady  gait  or  sudden  falling;  as  parasitic 
  staggers;  appopletic  or  sleepy  staggers. 
 
  3.  pl  Bewilderment;  perplexity.  [R.]  --Shak. 
 
  {Stomach  staggers}  (Far.),  distention  of  the  stomach  with 
  food  or  gas,  resulting  in  indigestion,  frequently  in 
  death. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  stagger 
  n  :  an  unsteady  uneven  gait  [syn:  {lurch},  {stumble}] 
  v  1:  walk  as  if  unable  to  control  one's  movements  [syn:  {reel},  {keel}, 
  {lurch},  {swag},  {careen}] 
  2:  walk  with  great  difficulty;  as  in  snow  or  mud  [syn:  {flounder}] 
  3:  astound  or  overwhelm;  "These  poor  people  are  staggered  by 
  the  drain  on  their  savings" 
  4:  to  arrange  in  a  stack  or  pile;  "stagger  the  chairs  in  the 
  lecture  hall"  [syn:  {stack},  {distribute}] 
  5:  move  slowly  and  unsteadily;  "The  truck  lurched  down  the 
  road"  [syn:  {lurch}] 
  6:  astound  or  overwhelm,  as  with  shock:  "She  was  staggered  with 
  bills  after  she  tried  to  rebuild  her  house  following  the 
  earthquake" 

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