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stagger
What does stagger mean?
stagger (verb): in standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you use stagger in a sentence?
- She began to stagger across the room. (Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0)
How do you pronounce stagger?
/ˈstæɡɚ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
What are synonyms of stagger?
From Princeton WordNet 3.1.
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What does “stagger” mean?
to disturb or halt (an ongoing process or action, or the person performing it) by interfering suddenly, especially by speaking
Not quite: that's what interrupt means.
in standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter
Right! That's what “stagger” means.
to press between two hard objects; to squeeze so as to alter the natural shape or integrity, or to force together into a mass
Not quite: that's what crush means.
to cause someone to become accustomed to something that requires prolonged or repeated tolerance of one or more unpleasantries
Not quite: that's what inure means.
Which word is closest in meaning to “stagger”?
skip
Not quite: skip means something else.
reel
Right!
duck
Not quite: duck means something else.
snap
Not quite: snap means something else.
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