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The correct spelling is staggering.
How to pronounce staggering
verb
Say it like: Sta-gje-rin-g
The correct spelling is staggering. Sway unsteadily, reel, or totter. For example: "The army suffered a staggering defeat."
Usage Examples
“The army suffered a staggering defeat.”
Meanings
verb
- 1.Sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.
- 2.Doubt, waver, be shocked.
- 3.Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly-spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).
noun
- 1.The motion of one who staggers.
- 2.That which staggers something or somebody.
- 3.In animation, the repetition of a sequence of frames to show struggling effort
adjective
- 1.Incredible, overwhelming, amazing.
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