Word Finder - stagger

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An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion

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the stagger of a drunken man

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A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling

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apoplectic or sleepy staggers

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Bewilderment; perplexity.

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The spacing out of various actions over time.

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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.

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

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Sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.

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Doubt, waver, be shocked.

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Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly-spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).

As you lay the floor, don't forget to stagger the joints.

As she bent to tie her shoes, a gory vision made her stagger.

The images she'd put his head made him stagger and fall against the rough wall.

Ten to one he'll stagger in reeking of booze.

Alway s stagger the end joints of adjacent rows by at least 30cm.

Shortly after learning to walk, children with A-T begin to stagger.

Somehow I managed to stagger back into the bedroom.

The rest of us stagger about drunkenly, spill things often and expend huge amounts of energy just staying in one place.

Then I would stagger out to take a taxi to Heathrow airport.

When they finally stagger out and their table is being cleaned, an empty Vodka bottle appears.

At nine o'clock our knees may knock - we stagger out despite ' em By half past ten we 're sloshed again.

They were uninjured, however; so he once more attempted to stagger on.

But shall we ask people who stagger off trains at 6am or 7am to get to cleaning jobs?

You stagger backward under the tremendous weight and crash into the wall.

It was but the stagger of a sudden and unexpected surprise.

Czerno snatched Sofia and dragged her close, the visions making her stagger.

When creating seams, leave a one-inch overlap, and stagger joints.

Stagger them slightly so you can see both colors and form them around the wick.

Some individuals elect to obtain all three reports at once, while others like to stagger these reports over the year.

Place men or tall women in the background and remember to stagger head heights for balance to create an interesting dynamic.

Stagger the joints of each row to create more of a real wood look.