stagger

(Anglais)

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.
6. The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.
2. (transitive) To sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.
3. (intransitive) To sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.
4. (intransitive) Doubt, waver, be shocked.
5. (transitive) Doubt, waver, be shocked.
6. (transitive) Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).
7. (transitive) Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).
8. (transitive) Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ˈstæɡə/

Étymologie (Anglais)

Hérité de moyen anglais: stageren

Appartenant à danois: stagre

In summary

From Middle English stakeren, from Old Norse stakra (“to push, stagger”). Cognate with dialectal Danish stagre.

Concepts

tituber

chanceler

trébucher

stupéfier

hésiter

abasourdir

barguigner

consterner

étonner

vaciller

zigzaguer

en chancelant

en titubant

époustoufler

frapper de stupeur

sidérer

battre ou mettre en carène

chambranler

atterrer

bouleverser

chancelant

échelonner

flageolement

instable

renverser

flet

étourdi

étaler

Synonymes

reel

totter

sway

lurch

wobble

stumble

shake

🫨

waver

stun

falter

teeter

dumbfound

walk unsteadily

wabble

tremble

amaze

be unsteady

careen

rock

🪨

flounder

unsteady

vacillate

swag

startle

astonish

puzzle

keel

hesitate

stupefy

trip

take aback

alarm

astound

dodder

distribute

dismay

disconcert

nonplus

bewilder

whirl

hobble

limp

appal

be lopsided

surprise

swing

tilt

stamp

staggering

roll