SpellRight › Spelling
Rarestaggers
The correct spelling is staggers.
How to pronounce staggers
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.An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion
- 2.A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling
- 3.Bewilderment; perplexity.
- 4.The spacing out of various actions over time.
- 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.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).
Similar words
Words related in meaning — check their spelling too.