stagger

An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion.

7 October 2012, Paolo Bandini in The Guardian, Denver Broncos 21 New England Patriots 31 - as it happened Put down the rosary beads folks, I believe hell may just have frozen over. Peyton Manning drops back, sees nothing open and runs for a first down. If you can call that running. More like the stagger of a wounded rhino. Did the job, though

Afy slowly gathered in the sense of the words. She gasped twice, as if her breath had gone, and then, with a stagger and a shiver, fell heavily to the ground.

A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling.

parasitic staggers

apoplectic or sleepy staggers

Bewilderment; perplexity.

The spacing out of various actions over time.

19 April 2016, Rachel Roddy in The Guardian, Rachel Roddy’s Roman spring vegetable stew recipe I don’t include cured pork, although it is very nice, and rather than putting everything in the pan at once I prefer a stagger of ingredients, which ensures each one gets the right amount of time.

The difference in circumference between the left and right tires on a racing vehicle. It is used on oval tracks to make the car turn better in the corners.

To sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.

She began to stagger across the room.

Deep was the wound; he staggered with the blow.

To sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.

The powerful blow of his opponent's fist staggered the boxer.

That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire / That staggers thus my person.

To sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.

1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation

The enemy staggers.

Doubt, waver, be shocked.

He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief.

Doubt, waver, be shocked.

He will stagger the committee when he presents his report.

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One who attends a stag night.

Tallinn no longer takes pride in the title of 'favourite destination of British staggers'.