stagger
sta ger
- n an unsteady uneven gait
- v walk as if unable to control one's movements
The drunken man staggered into the room - v walk with great difficulty
He staggered along in the heavy snow - v to arrange in a systematic order
stagger the chairs in the lecture hall - v astound or overwhelm, as with shock
She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake
- Offices and stores have also been ordered to stagger working hours, and buses to and from Olympic venues have been organized.
- Mondale, Hart and Jackson stagger through the final round In the Olympics, marathon runners end the 26.
- These are figures that stagger the imagination.