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staggering

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Word definitions for staggering in dictionaries

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
adj. walking unsteadily; "a stqaggering gait" [syn: lurching , stumbling , weaving ] so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; ...

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
adjective EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ A staggering $3 trillion was spent in building the U.S. nuclear arsenal. ▪ a staggering rise in crime ▪ Apparently, we spend a staggering £2.4 billion a year on food for our pets. ▪ The results of the survey were ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"amazing," 1560s, figurative present participle adjective from stagger (v.). Related: Staggeringly .

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Stagger \Stag"ger\ (-g[~e]r), v. i. [imp. & p. p. Staggered (-g[~e]rd); p. pr. & vb. n. Staggering .] [OE. stakeren, Icel. stakra to push, to stagger, fr. staka to punt, push, stagger; cf. OD. staggeren to stagger. Cf. Stake , n.] To move to one side and ...

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
incredible, overwhelming, amazing. n. 1 The motion of one who staggers. 2 That which staggers something or somebody. v (present participle of stagger English)

Usage examples of staggering.

The bedraggled captive struggled painfully to his feet, staggering, and set off back along the shore, followed by the dog and the two naked Scots.

Four men--two Romanian privates, an Italian Bersagliere sergeant and a man in full evening dress--came staggering along with a sedan chair the size of a compartment in a railway carriage between them.

Much allowance is to be made for a man who is staggering under the mental shock of defeat and the physical exertions which Buller had endured.

I feel deadly faint, bowed, and humped, as though I were Adam, staggering beneath the piled centuries since Paradise.

They became the biological equivalent of suicide bombers, those maniac so-called hydrophobes staggering around at the morning-curfew change.

Eventually he picked up the box, staggering under the massively increased weight, and held it just above the ground in a much larger cage left over from his experiments, a chicken-wire-fronted mini-aviary five feet high that had contained a small family of canaries.

Link Merwell, and without warning he rushed forward and struck Dave a blow in the chest that sent the Crumville youth staggering against Mr.

Ferad that it held in memory--and one image more, the wizened Molt staggering backwards with his chest shot away and the treaty ablaze in his hand.

Javan murmured as the two half dragged and half walked him staggering into the other room.

Again, we would be staggering through the tide-rips and overfalls that infest the open fairway of the Weser on our passage between the Fork and the Pike.

The responsibilities were overwhelming despite his thorough prenticeship, and his workload was staggering.

Every one turned towards the procureur, who, unable to bear the universal gaze now riveted on him alone, advanced staggering into the midst of the tribunal, with his hair dishevelled and his face indented with the mark of his nails.

At first the tankard held brandy-wine, and he would be red-eyed and staggering at dinner-if Rebozo could talk him into coming to dinner.

His blow tumbled the creature off Rounce and sent it staggering a step or two down the hill.

Koglaur from Sarinda gestured at the bright scene of battle, where Baron Glarsimber was still staggering and hacking happily, shouting defiance at the armaragors he was hacking down.