staggerings

Noun

staggering (countable and uncountable, plural staggerings)

1. The motion of one who staggers.
   • There are to whom the gods, in their bounty, give glory: but far oftener it is given in wrath, as a curse and a poison; disturbing the whole inner health and industry of the man; leading onward through dizzy staggerings and tarantula jiggings […]1837, “Memoirs of Mirabeau”, in The Westminster Review, volume 26, page 436
2. The condition of being staggered or amazed.
   • But these doubts, and fears, and staggerings, although they may be in the believer, yet they are not in his faith; these things argue the infirmity of his faith, indeed; but under all this, faith is fighting for the victory[…]1738, Ebenezer Erskine, The Annals of Redeeming Love
3. The spacing out of various actions over time.
   • As a result of the recommendation of the Committee of Inquiry into London Transport, a Government-sponsored scheme for the staggering of working hours in London has been announced.1955 July, “Traffic Congestion in London”, in Railway Magazine, page 444
4. In animation, the repetition of a sequence of frames to show struggling effort

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