What is the meaning of staggers?

noun

  • An unsteady uneven gait.
  • A disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattle; characterized by an unsteady swaying gait and frequent falling.

verb

  • Walk as if unable to control one's movements.
    • usage: "The drunken man staggered into the room"
  • Walk with great difficulty.
    • usage: "He staggered along in the heavy snow"
  • To arrange in a systematic order.
    • usage: "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"
  • Astound or overwhelm, as with shock.
    • usage: "She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake"
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