stagger
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Danh từ
noun- 1.
An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.
7 October 2012, Paolo Bandini in The Guardian, Denver Broncos 21 New England Patriots 31 - as it happened Put down the rosary beads folks, I believe hell may just have frozen over. Peyton Manning drops back, sees nothing open and runs for a first down. If you can call that running. More like the stagger of a wounded rhino. Did the job, though
the stagger of a drunken man
- 2.
(veterinary medicine) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling.
parasitic staggers
apoplectic or sleepy staggers
- 3.
Bewilderment; perplexity.
- 4.
The spacing out of various actions over time.
19 April 2016, Rachel Roddy in The Guardian, Rachel Roddy’s Roman spring vegetable stew recipe I don’t include cured pork, although it is very nice, and rather than putting everything in the pan at once I prefer a stagger of ingredients, which ensures each one gets the right amount of time.
- 5.
(motor racing) 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.
- 6.
(aviation) The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.
- 7.
(UK)One who attends a stag night.
Động từ
verb- 1.
To sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.
- 2.
Doubt, waver, be shocked.
- 3.
(transitive) Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).
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From Middle English stakeren, from Old Norse stakra (to push, stagger). Cognate with dialectal stagre.