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Noun: staggers  sta-gu(r)z
  1. A disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattle; characterized by an unsteady swaying gait and frequent falling
    - blind staggers
Noun: stagger  sta-gu(r)
  1. An unsteady uneven gait
    - lurch, stumble
Verb: stagger  sta-gu(r)
  1. Walk as if unable to control one's movements
    "The drunken man staggered into the room";
    - reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen
     
  2. Walk with great difficulty
    "He staggered along in the heavy snow";
    - flounder
     
  3. To arrange in a systematic order
    "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall";
    - distribute
     
  4. Astound or overwhelm, as with shock
    "She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake"

Type of: animal disease, arrange, gait, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, set up, sweep over, walk

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