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Staggers

name, noun, verb

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname.
  2. 2
    St Stephen's House, Oxford. archaic
Noun
  1. 1
    plural of stagger form-of, plural
  2. 2
    Any of various diseases of animals that affect the nervous system, characterized by a lack of control of the limbs uncountable
  3. 3
    a disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattle; characterized by an unsteady swaying gait and frequent falling wordnet
  4. 4
    Any of various diseases of animals that affect the nervous system, characterized by a lack of control of the limbs; staggers and jags, delirium tremens or extreme inebriation uncountable
Verb
  1. 1
    third-person singular simple present indicative of stagger form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person

Etymology

Jocular modification of Stephen + -ers. See Oxford "-er".

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