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bestaggering

bestaggering is the present participle and gerund of bestagger.

Meaning of bestagger

Verb

bestagger (third-person singular simple present bestaggers, present participle bestaggering, simple past and past participle bestaggered)

  1. (ambitransitive) To stagger about; cause (one) to stagger.
    • Like a vampire it is rapidly sucking, through our young men, the very financial life blood from this nation, in so much that it bestaggers all efforts to totalize its direful influence.1899, Edward A. Tabor, Danger Signals for New Century Manhood - Page 117

Questions about bestaggering

What is bestaggering the present participle and gerund of?
Bestaggering is the present participle and gerund of bestagger.

Words near bestaggering in the dictionary

  1. best-selling
  2. best-timed
  3. best-versed
  4. bestagger
  5. bestaggered
  6. bestaggering
  7. bestaggers
  8. bestagon
  9. bestagons
  10. bestain
  11. bestained

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