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Stagger

To move or stand unsteadily, as if under a great weight; totter.
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Stroll

To go for a leisurely walk
Stroll in the park.
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Stagger

To cause to totter, sway, or reel
The blow staggered him.
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Stroll

To travel from place to place seeking work or gain.
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Stagger

To astonish, shock, or overwhelm
A teacher staggered by a former student's accomplishments.
A company staggered by increases in energy costs.
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Stroll

To walk along or through at a leisurely pace
Stroll the beach.
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Stagger

To place on or as if on alternating sides of a center line; set in a zigzag row or rows
Theater seats that were staggered for clear viewing.
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Stroll

A leisurely walk.
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Stagger

To arrange in alternating or overlapping time periods
Staggered the nurses' shifts.
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Stroll

A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.
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Stagger

To arrange (the wings of a biplane) so that the leading edge of one wing is either ahead of or behind the leading edge of the other wing.
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Stroll

To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.
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Stagger

(Sports) To arrange (the start of a race) with the starting point in the outside lanes progressively closer to the finish line so as to neutralize the advantage of competing in the shorter inside lanes.
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Stroll

To go somewhere with ease.
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Stagger

A tottering, swaying, or reeling motion.
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Stroll

To walk the streets as a prostitute.
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Stagger

A staggered pattern, arrangement, or order.
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Stroll

(intransitive) To do, obtain, or achieve something in a casual and effortless way.
My daughter strolled through the exam.
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Stagger

Staggers (used with a sing. verb) Any of various diseases in animals, especially horses, cattle, or other domestic animals, that are characterized by a lack of coordination in moving, a staggering gait, and frequent falling.
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Stroll

To wander on foot; to ramble idly or leisurely; to rove.
These mothers stroll to beg sustenance for their helpless infants.
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Stagger

An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.
The stagger of a drunken man
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Stroll

A wandering on foot; an idle and leisurely walk; a ramble.
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Stagger

(veterinary medicine) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling.
Parasitic staggers
Apoplectic or sleepy staggers
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Stroll

A leisurely walk (usually in some public place)
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Stagger

Bewilderment; perplexity.
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Stroll

Walk leisurely and with no apparent aim
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Stagger

The spacing out of various actions over time.
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Stagger

(motorsport) 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.
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Stagger

(aviation) The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.
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Stagger

(UK) One who attends a stag night.
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Stagger

To sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.
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Stagger

(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.
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Stagger

(transitive) To cause to reel or totter.
The powerful blow of his opponent's fist staggered the boxer.
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Stagger

(intransitive) To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
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Stagger

Doubt, waver, be shocked.
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Stagger

(intransitive) To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
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Stagger

(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.
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Stagger

(transitive) Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).
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Stagger

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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Stagger

To arrange similar objects such that each is ahead or above and to one side of the next.
We will stagger the starting positions for the race on the oval track.
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Stagger

To schedule in intervals or at different times.
We will stagger the run so the faster runners can go first, then the joggers.
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Stagger

To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter.
Deep was the wound; he staggered with the blow.
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Stagger

To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
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Stagger

To begin to doubt and waver in purpose; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief.
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Stagger

To cause to reel or totter.
That hand shall burn in never-quenching fireThat staggers thus my person.
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Stagger

To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
Whosoever will read the story of this war will find himself much staggered.
Grants to the house of Russell were so enormous, as not only to outrage economy, but even to stagger credibility.
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Stagger

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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Stagger

An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; - often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man.
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Stagger

A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; apopletic or sleepy staggers.
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Stagger

Bewilderment; perplexity.
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Stagger

An unsteady uneven gait
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Stagger

Walk as if unable to control one's movements;
The drunken man staggered into the room
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Stagger

Walk with great difficulty;
He staggered along in the heavy snow
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Stagger

To arrange in a systematic order;
Stagger the chairs in the lecture hall
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Stagger

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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