| VERB | motion | stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen | walk as if unable to control one's movements |
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| motion | stagger, flounder | walk with great difficulty | |
| contact | stagger, distribute | to arrange in a systematic order | |
| emotion | stagger | astound or overwhelm, as with shock | |
| NOUN | act | stagger, lurch, stumble | an unsteady uneven gait |
| Sounds | stae'ger | |
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| Rhymes | agar ... younger: 63 rhymes with ger... | |
| Meaning | An unsteady uneven gait. | |
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| Synonyms | lurch, stumble | |
| Broader | gait | A person's manner of walking |
| Spanish | bamboleo, bandazo, tambaleo, titubeo, tropiezo | |
| Catalan | tentineig, tentines, titubar, titubejar | |
| Verbs | stagger | walk as if unable to control one's movements |
| stagger | walk with great difficulty | |
| Meaning | walk as if unable to control one's movements. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "The drunken man staggered into the room" | |
| Synonyms | reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen | |
| Broader | walk | Use one's feet to advance |
| Spanish | tambalearse, titubear, vacilar | |
| Catalan | titubar, trontollar, vacil·lar | |
| Nouns | stagger | an unsteady uneven gait |
| staggerer | someone who walks unsteadily as if about to fall | |
| Meaning | walk with great difficulty. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
| Model | The children stagger to the playground | |
| Example | "He staggered along in the heavy snow" | |
| Synonym | flounder | |
| Broader | walk | Use one's feet to advance |
| Spanish | forcejear | |
| Nouns | stagger | an unsteady uneven gait |
| Meaning | To arrange in a systematic order. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall" | |
| Synonym | distribute | |
| Broader | arrange, set up | put into a proper or systematic order |
| Spanish | amontonar, apilar, distribuir, hacinar | |
| Catalan | agarberar, amuntegar-se, amuntegar, apilar, apilonar | |
| Meaning | astound or overwhelm, as with shock. | |
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| Pattern | Something ----s somebody | |
| Example | "She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake" | |
| Broader | overwhelm, overpower, sweep over, whelm, overcome, overtake | Overcome, as with emotions or perceptual stimuli |
| Spanish | anonadar, asombrar, consternar, sorprender | |
| Catalan | confondre, deixar estupefacte, esbalair, sorprendre | |
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