transcription, транскрипция: [ stægə(r) ]
( staggers, staggering, staggered)
1.
If you stagger , you walk very unsteadily, for example because you are ill or drunk.
He lost his balance, staggered back against the rail and toppled over...
He was staggering and had to lean on the bar.
VERB : V adv / prep , V
2.
If you say that someone or something staggers on , you mean that it is only just succeeds in continuing.
Truman allowed him to stagger on for nearly another two years.
VERB : V adv / prep
3.
If something staggers you, it surprises you very much.
The whole thing staggers me.
VERB : V n
• stag‧gered
I was simply staggered by the heat of the Argentinian high-summer.
ADJ : v-link ADJ
4.
To stagger things such as people’s holidays or hours of work means to arrange them so that they do not all happen at the same time.
During the past few years the government has staggered the summer vacation periods for students.
VERB : V n
5.
see also staggering