stagger

Từ điển Oxford Learners Wordfinder Dictionary

I - noun

an unsteady uneven gait
• Syn:
lurch, stumble
• Derivationally related forms:
stumble (for: stumble), lurch (for: lurch)
• Hypernyms:
gait

II - verb

1. walk as if unable to control one's movements (Freq. 10)
- The drunken man staggered into the room
• Syn:
reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen
• Derivationally related forms:
careen (for: careen), lurch (for: lurch), reeler (for: reel), staggerer
• Hypernyms:
walk
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
2. walk with great difficulty (Freq. 6)
- He staggered along in the heavy snow
• Syn:
flounder
• Hypernyms:
walk
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s
- Somebody ----s PP
- The children stagger to the playground
3. to arrange in a systematic order (Freq. 1)
- stagger the chairs in the lecture hall
• Syn:
distribute
• Hypernyms:
arrange, set up
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
- Somebody ----s something PP
4. astound or overwhelm, as with shock
- She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake
• Hypernyms:
overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s somebody

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  lurch, stumble, distribute, flounder, reel, keel, swag, careen