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stagger

('st/&/g/@/r )

an unsteady uneven gait(noun.act)

Synonym:
lurch, stumble

source: wordnet30
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.(noun)

source: webster1913

walk as if unable to control one's movements(verb.motion)

Example:
The drunken man staggered into the room.

Synonym:
careen, keel, lurch, reel, swag

source: wordnet30
walk with great difficulty(verb.motion)

Example:
He staggered along in the heavy snow.

Synonym:
flounder

source: wordnet30
to arrange in a systematic order(verb.contact)

Example:
Stagger the chairs in the lecture hall.

Synonym:
distribute

source: wordnet30
astound or overwhelm, as with shock(verb.emotion)

Example:
She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake.

source: wordnet30
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.(verb)

source: webster1913
To cause to reel or totter.(verb)

source: webster1913

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