Definizione monolingua

stagger

stagger (third-person singular simple present staggers, present participle staggering, simple past and past participle staggered)

1. (intransitive) In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter.

   She began to stagger across the room.

2. (transitive) To cause to reel or totter.

   The powerful blow of his opponents fist staggered the boxer.

3. (intransitive) To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.

   After the second earthquake, the clock tower began to stagger.

4. (intransitive) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.

   Under severe criticism, the leader began to stagger.

5. (transitive) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.

   He will stagger the committee when he presents his report.

6. (transitive) 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.
7. (transitive) To arrange similar objects such that each is ahead or above and to one side of the next.

   We will stagger the starting positions for the race on the oval track.

8. (transitive) To schedule in intervals.

   We will stagger the run so the faster runners can go first, then the joggers.

stagger (plural staggers)

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. A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; apoplectic or sleepy staggers.
3. bewilderment; perplexity.

Definizione dizionario stagger

	barcollare
	to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking
	to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion

	tentennare
	to begin to doubt and waver in purposes

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Altri significati:

(intransitive) In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter.

(transitive) 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.

stagger (e.g. working hours)

(transitive) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.

(transitive) To schedule in intervals.

(intransitive) To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.

A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; apoplectic or sleepy staggers.

(transitive) To cause to reel or totter.

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.

(transitive) To arrange similar objects such that each is ahead or above and to one side of the next.

an unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing

(intransitive) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.

bewilderment; perplexity.