staggerern.
/ˈstaɡərə/ 1. One who staggers. literal and figurative.
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the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] > irresolute or vacillating person
demurrer1533
hanger1536
staggerer1552
hobbler1575
tennis ball1589
waverer1597
halter1608
suspender1625
waver1667
fluttererc1726
oscillator1798
pendulum1818
shilly-shallyer1832
shilly-shally1834
wobbler1837
hesitater1853
dilly-dallier1880
vacillator1890
haverer1947
the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > unsteady > one who
staggerer1552
totterer1711
wobbler1855
1552 R. Huloet Abcedarium Anglico Latinum Staggerer, titubator.
1597 J. Payne Royall Exchange 17 These staggerers..do call Gods providens and his regiment over all into question.
a1633 G. Herbert Outlandish Prov. (1640) sig. C3 The Lame goes as farre as your staggerer.
1642 D. Rogers Naaman 92 Let me abhorre to play the timeserver,..staggerer, and revolter from Gods way.
2. Something that causes one to stagger; figurative a disconcerting incident, an argument admitting of no reply, etc.
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the world > movement > impact > striking > striking with specific degree of force > [noun] > a severe blow > damaging stability
shake1565
staggerer1832
the mind > mental capacity > expectation > surprise, unexpectedness > [noun] > cause of surprise
marvelc1300
miracle1586
surprise1592
bricolea1631
surprisal1660
thunderbolt1787
startle1823
start1825
startler1829
eye-opener1833
a bolt from (or out of) the blue1837
shock1841
thunder-clap1852
startlement1867
staggerer1872
thunderstroke1880
Scarborough warning1890
surprise packet1900
bombshell1926
curveball1936
turn-up1942
a turn-up for the book(s)1948
conversation stopper1959
left turn1986
1832 F. Marryat Newton Forster III. x. 168 That broadside was a staggerer.
1872 C. King Mountaineering in Sierra Nevada v. 98 This was something of a staggerer to Susan and her father.
1874 T. Hardy Far from Madding Crowd I. v. 56 He knew to a hair's breadth the rate of trotting back from the ewes' tails that each call involved, if a staggerer with the sheep-crook was to be escaped.
1909 Truth Christmas No. 22/2 Still staggerer followed unceasing on staggerer.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1915; most recently modified version published online March 2019).
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