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The correct spelling is staggers.

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noun

Say it like: Sta-gje-rs

The correct spelling is staggers. An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion For example: "the stagger of a drunken man"

Usage Examples

the stagger of a drunken man

apoplectic or sleepy staggers

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion
  2. 2.A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling
  3. 3.Bewilderment; perplexity.
  4. 4.The spacing out of various actions over time.
  5. 5.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.

verb

  1. 1.Sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.
  2. 2.Doubt, waver, be shocked.
  3. 3.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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