a disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattle; characterized by an unsteady swaying gait and frequent falling
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staggers::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | blind staggers |
| Type of | animal disease |
Examples of staggers
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Sales and margins are plunging, even as Tyco staggers under $26 billion of debt.
From the businessweek.com
Luciano is stabbed, staggers back to the bedroom, and dies deflowering his bride.
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Hanada leaps and staggers around the ring declaring himself the new Number One.
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He staggers home to find a beautiful intruder who introduces herself as a burglar.
From the boston.com
The perception will spread if he staggers at St. Andrews, his personal playground.
From the sfgate.com
Amtrak staggers ahead, feckless and insolvent, through train wrecks and slowdowns.
From the time.com
There's a fellow who staggers backward after hitting a shot to avoid falling down.
From the charlotteobserver.com
Grabbing his bag, he staggers back, nearly falling off the step, and turns to run.
From the npr.org
It's a loss that staggers the mind but is all too common in this evacuation center.
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- A disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattle; characterized by an unsteady swaying gait and frequent falling
- (stagger) lurch: an unsteady uneven gait
- (stagger) walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"
- (stagger) walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"
- (stagger) to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"
- (stagger) astound or overwhelm, as with shock; "She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake"
- (Stagger (aviation)) In aviation stagger refers to the horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.
- (stagger) An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man; A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic ...
- Stagger is a concept that has largely been eliminated with the use of radial tires. It refers to the difference in tire circumference between the left- and right-side tires on the vehicle. ...
