stagger

1. 1.

   an unsteady uneven gait

   Synonymslurchstumble

   Broadergait

Other forms of stagger

plural

staggers·

past tense

staggerred·

present participle

staggerring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about stagger

What does stagger mean?

stagger means "walk as if unable to control one's movements". That is the primary sense; the word has 5 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in stagger?

stagger has 2 syllables: stag-ger. The stress falls on "stag". In IPA it is /ˈstæɡɚ/.

What is another word for stagger?

Close synonyms include reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is stagger a common word?

stagger is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.