Noun
- 1. lurch, stumble, stagger, gait
- usage: an unsteady uneven gait
Verb
- 1. stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen, walk
- usage: walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"
- 2. stagger, flounder, walk
- usage: walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"
- 3. stagger, distribute, arrange, set up
- usage: to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"
- 4. stagger, overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
- usage: astound or overwhelm, as with shock; "She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake"
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