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Staggering

//ˈstæɡəɹɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Incredible, overwhelming, amazing.

    "The army suffered a staggering defeat."

  2. 2
    Lurching, floundering.
Adjective
  1. 1
    so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm wordnet
Noun
  1. 1
    The motion of one who staggers. countable, uncountable

    "There are to whom the gods, in their bounty, give glory: but far oftener it is given in wrath, as a curse and a poison; disturbing the whole inner health and industry of the man; leading onward through dizzy staggerings and tarantula jiggings […]"

  2. 2
    The condition of being staggered or amazed. countable, uncountable

    "But these doubts, and fears, and staggerings, although they may be in the believer, yet they are not in his faith; these things argue the infirmity of his faith, indeed; but under all this, faith is fighting for the victory[…]"

  3. 3
    The spacing out of various actions over time. countable, uncountable

    "As a result of the recommendation of the Committee of Inquiry into London Transport, a Government-sponsored scheme for the staggering of working hours in London has been announced."

  4. 4
    In animation, the repetition of a sequence of frames to show struggling effort countable, uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of stagger form-of, gerund, participle, present

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