English-Dutch translations for stagger
- onthutsen
- twijfelen
- waggelen
- wankel
- wankelenMijns inziens staat de Conventie op wankelen en zal wellicht ten val komen indien de Raad van Feira er niet in zal slagen om een nieuwe impuls te geven. Frankly the Convention is staggering and may stall completely should the Feira Council fail to bring a fresh stimulus.
Definition of stagger
- An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion
- A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling
- Bewilderment; perplexity
- 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.
[[https://web.archive.org/web/20130815123243/http://www.stockcarracing.com/techarticles/scrp_0805_tire_stagger/ Stock Car Racing magazine article on stagger], February 2009] - Sway unsteadily, reel, or totter
- Doubt, waver, be shocked
- Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly-spaced, times or places (attested from 1856
[[http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=stagger Etymology] in :w:Online Etymology Dictionary|Online Etymology Dictionary]
Examples
- the stagger of a drunken man
- parasitic staggers
- apoplectic or sleepy staggers
- She began to stagger across the room.
- The powerful blow of his opponents fist staggered the boxer.
- He will stagger the committee when he presents his report.
- We will stagger the starting positions for the race on the oval track.
- We will stagger the run so the faster runners can go first, then the joggers.
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