1. A disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattle; characterized by an unsteady swaying gait and frequent falling
   - blind staggers

1. An unsteady uneven gait
   - lurch, stumble

1. Walk as if unable to control one's movements
   "The drunken man staggered into the room"
   - reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen 
2. Walk with great difficulty
   "He staggered along in the heavy snow"
   - flounder 
3. To arrange in a systematic order
   "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"
   - distribute 
4. Astound or overwhelm, as with shock
   "She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake"

See also: staggerer

Type of: animal disease, arrange, gait, overcome, overpower, overtake, overwhelm, set up, sweep over, walk, whelm [archaic]

Encyclopedia: Staggers

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