stagger

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈstæɡə/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈstæɡɚ/

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Noun

Singular stagger

Plural staggers

Tire stagger

1. A stagger is an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall.

Verb

Plain form stagger

Third-person singular staggers

Past tense staggered

Past participle staggered

Present participle staggering

1. If you stagger, you sway unsteadily.

   She began to stagger across the room.

2. If you are staggered, you are astonished or deeply shocked.

   I was staggered to find it was 7pm.

3. (transitive) # If you stagger something, you arrange it so that it does not occur at the same time as something else.

   The interviews for new cabin crews are staggered throughout the day.