Search Result:staggering
KK Pronunciation
〔 -gәrIŋ 〕
Pronunciation
〔 -ɡәriŋ 〕
Overview of verb stagger
The verb stagger has 4 senses
- stagger, reel, keel, lurch, swag, careen -- (walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room")
- stagger, flounder -- (walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow")
- stagger, distribute -- (to arrange in a systematic order; "stagger the chairs in the lecture hall")
- stagger -- (astound or overwhelm, as with shock; "She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake")
Overview of adj staggering
The adj staggering has 1 sense
- astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefying -- (so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying")