staggereth

Verb

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 opponent's fist staggered the boxer.
3. (intransitive) To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
   • 1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation
4. (intransitive) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
   • He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief.1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Romans 4:20
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.

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