Meaning of Stagger | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.
2. One who attends a stag night.
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3. A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling.
4. Bewilderment; perplexity.
5. The spacing out of various actions over time.
6. The difference in circumference between the left and right tires on a racing vehicle. It is used on oval tracks to make the car turn better in the corners.
7. The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.

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Examples

“7 October 2012, Paolo Bandini in The Guardian, Denver Broncos 21 New England Patriots 31 - as it happened Put down the rosary beads folks, I believe hell may just have frozen over. Peyton Manning drops back, sees nothing open and runs for a first down. If you can call that running. More like the stagger of a wounded rhino. Did the job, though”

“Afy slowly gathered in the sense of the words. She gasped twice, as if her breath had gone, and then, with a stagger and a shiver, fell heavily to the ground.”

“the stagger of a drunken man”

“And when old Fezziwig and Mrs. Fezziwig had gone all through the dance; advance and retire; both hands to your partner, bow and courtesy, corkscrew, thread the needle, and back again to your place; Fezziwig "cut"—cut so deftly that he appeared to wink with his legs, and came upon his feet again without a stagger.”

“parasitic staggers”

“apoplectic or sleepy staggers”

“19 April 2016, Rachel Roddy in The Guardian, Rachel Roddy’s Roman spring vegetable stew recipe I don’t include cured pork, although it is very nice, and rather than putting everything in the pan at once I prefer a stagger of ingredients, which ensures each one gets the right amount of time.”

“Tallinn no longer takes pride in the title of 'favourite destination of British staggers'.”

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