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Definition of Staggers

Stagger
Stagger Stag"ger, v. t. 1. To cause to reel or totter. That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire That staggers thus my person. --Shak. 2. To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock. Whosoever will read the story of this war will find himself much stagered. --Howell. Grants to the house of Russell were so enormous, as not only to outrage economy, but even to stagger credibility. --Burke. 3. To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam.
Stagger
Stagger Stag"ger, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Staggered; p. pr. & vb. n. Staggering.] [OE. stakeren, Icel. stakra to push, to stagger, fr. staka to punt, push, stagger; cf. OD. staggeren to stagger. Cf. Stake, n.] 1. To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter. Deep was the wound; he staggered with the blow. --Dryden. 2. To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail. ``The enemy staggers.' --Addison. 3. To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate. He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief. --Rom. iv. 20.
Stagger
Stagger Stag"ger, n. 1. An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man. 2. pl. (Far.) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers. 3. pl. Bewilderment; perplexity. [R.] --Shak. Stomach staggers (Far.), distention of the stomach with food or gas, resulting in indigestion, frequently in death.

Meaning of Staggers from wikipedia

- Staggers may refer to: Staggers (surname) Gr**** staggers, a metabolic disorder of cattle and sheep, caused by magnesium deficiency Transport tetany in...
- Harley Orrin Staggers Sr. (August 3, 1907 – August 20, 1991) was an American politician who served 16 terms in the United States House of Representatives...
- The Staggers Rail Act of 1980 is a United States federal law that deregulated the American railroad industry to a significant extent, and it replaced the...
- Staggers is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Harley Orrin Staggers (1907–1991), politician from the U.S. state of West Virginia and...
- Senator Staggers may refer to: Harley O. Staggers Jr. (born 1951), West Virginia State Senate Kermit Staggers (1947–2019), South Dakota State Senate This...
- Zamia staggers is a fatal nervous disease affecting cattle in areas where they browse on the leaves or fruit of cycads—in particular, those of the genus...
- Jonathan Leroy Staggers, Jr. (born December 14, 1948) is an American former professional football wide receiver in the National Football League (NFL)....
- Kermit LeMoyne Staggers II (November 2, 1947 – November 28, 2019) was an American politician. He served in the South Dakota Senate from 1995 to 2002. He...
- Perennial ryegr**** staggers is poisoning by peramine, lolitrem B, and other toxins that are contained in perennial ryegr**** (Lolium perenne), and produced...
- Gr**** tetany also called the staggers , is a metabolic disease involving magnesium deficiency, which can occur in such ruminant livestock as beef cattle...