stagger
noun
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an unsteady uneven gait
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Sense 2 verb
walk as if unable to control one's movements
The drunken man staggered into the room
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Sense 3 verb
walk with great difficulty
He staggered along in the heavy snow
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Sense 4 verb
to arrange in a systematic order
stagger the chairs in the lecture hall
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Sense 5 verb
astound or overwhelm, as with shock
She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | stumble |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | lurch |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | flounder |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | gait |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | stumble |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | careen |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | reeler |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | walk |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | stumble |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | walk |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | arrange |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | overwhelm |