STAGGER


Meaning of STAGGER in English

I. stagger verb

1.

Synonyms: reel 2, titubate, totter, wheel

2.

Synonyms: lurch 2, careen, ||stoit, ||stoiter, ||stot, sway, swing, weave, wobble

Idioms: pitch and plunge

3.

Synonyms: teeter , falter, lurch, ||stammer, stumble, topple, totter, wobble

Related Word: ||stiver, ||stoit, ||stoiter, ||stot

4.

Synonyms: hesitate , dither, falter, halt, shilly-shally, vacillate, waver, whiffle, wiggle-waggle

5.

to affect with great wonder or bewilderment

a plot so bizarre as to stagger the imagination

Synonyms: boggle, dumbfound, nonplus

Related Word: perplex, puzzle, stump; amaze, astonish, astound, flabbergast; bowl (over), floor, knock over; devastate, overpower, overwhelm, shatter; paralyze

Idioms: take (one) aback

II. ||stagger noun

Synonyms: fling 1, crack, go, pop, shot, slap, stab, try, whack, whirl

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