| 1. | stagger (def. 13). |
| 2. | Informal. a condition of staggering and dizziness, esp. as the result of drunkenness. |
[stag-er] 
| 1. | to walk, move, or stand unsteadily. |
| 2. | to falter or begin to give way, as in an argument or fight. |
| 3. | to waver or begin to doubt, as in purpose or opinion; hesitate: After staggering momentarily, he recognized that he had to make a decision. |
| 4. | to cause to reel, totter, or become unsteady: This load would stagger an elephant. |
| 5. | to shock; render helpless with amazement or the like; astonish: The vastness of outer space staggers the mind. |
| 6. | to cause to waver or falter: The news staggered her belief in the triumph of justice. |
| 7. | to arrange in a zigzag order or manner on either side of a center: The captain staggered the troops along the road. |
| 8. | to arrange otherwise than at the same time, esp. in a series of alternating or continually overlapping intervals: They planned to stagger lunch hours so that the cafeteria would not be rushed. |
| 9. | Aeronautics. to arrange (the wings of a biplane or the like) so that the entering edge of an upper wing is either in advance of or behind that of a corresponding lower wing. |
| 10. | the act of staggering; a reeling or tottering movement or motion. |
| 11. | a staggered order or arrangement. |
| 12. | Aeronautics.
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| 13. | staggers. (used with a singular verb) Veterinary Pathology.
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