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1 stagger
['stæɡə]1) (to sway, move or walk unsteadily: The drunk man staggered along the road.) τρεκλίζω,παραπατώ2) (to astonish: I was staggered to hear he had died.) καταπλήσσω,(συγ)κλονίζω3) (to arrange (people's hours of work, holidays etc) so that they do not begin and end at the same times.) κλιμακώνω,ρυθμίζω κατά διαστήματα• -
2 Stagger
v. intrans.Ar. and P. ἰλιγγιᾶν, σφάλλεσθαι (Xen.).Reel before an attack: P. κλίνεσθαι; see Reel.Swoon: P. λιποψυχεῖν. V. προλείπειν; see Swoon.She staggers back: V. λεχρία πάλιν χωρεῖ (Eur., Med. 1168).——————subs.P. ἴλιγγος, ὁ.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Stagger
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3 stagger
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4 reel
[ri:l] 1. noun1) (a round wheel-shaped or cylindrical object of wood, metal etc on which thread, film, fishing-lines etc can be wound: a reel of sewing-cotton; He changed the reel in the projector.) καρούλι, μπομπίνα2) ((the music for) a type of lively Scottish, Irish or American dance: The fiddler played a reel; to dance a reel.) ζωηρός χορός2. verb(to stagger; to sway; to move in an unsteady way: The drunk man reeled along the road; My brain was reeling with all the information that he gave me.)- reel in- reel off -
5 Reel
v. intrans.Stagger: Ar. and P. ἰλιγγιᾶν, σφάλλεσθαι (Xen.).Give way before an attack: P. κλίνεσθαι.Swoon: P. λιποψυχεῖν, V. προλείπειν; see Swoon.Be distressed: P. and V. κάμνειν.Of the brain: use wander.Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Reel
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6 Totter
v. intrans.P. and V. σείεσθαι.Stagger: Ar. and P. ἰλιγγιᾶν, σφάλλεσθαι (Xen.).Swoon: P. λιποψυχεῖν, V. προλείπειν.Reel before an attack: P. κλίνεσθαι; see Reel.Tremble: P. and V. τρέμειν.The house long left in decay totters to its fall: V. χρόνῳ δʼ ἀργῆσαν ἤμυσε στέγος (Soph., frag.).Woodhouse English-Greek dictionary. A vocabulary of the Attic language > Totter
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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.] 1. To move to one… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
stagger — [stag′ər] vi. [ME stakeren < ON stakra, to totter, intens. of staka, to push (for IE base see STAKE): akin to & prob. infl. in form by MDu staggeren] 1. to move unsteadily, as though about to collapse; totter, sway, or reel, as from a blow,… … English World dictionary
stagger — (v.) 1520s, altered from stakeren (c.1300), from O.N. stakra or O.Dan. stagra, both to push, stagger. Cognate with Du. staggelen to stagger, Ger. staggeln to stammer. Transitive sense of bewilder, amaze first recorded 1550s; that of arrange in a… … Etymology dictionary
Stagger — Stag ger, n. 1. An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man. [1913 Webster] 2. pl. (Far.) A disease of horses and other… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
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stagger — [v1] walk falteringly alternate, careen, dither, falter, halt, hesitate, lurch, overlap, pitch, reel, shake, stammer, step, sway, swing, teeter, titubate, topple, totter, vacillate, waver, wheel, whiffle, wobble, zigzag; concept 151 stagger [v2]… … New thesaurus
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