stagger
Pronunciation:
/ˈstæɡə//ˈstæɡɚ/noun
Definitions
An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion
Example: the stagger of a drunken man
A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling
Example: apoplectic or sleepy staggers
Bewilderment; perplexity.
The spacing out of various actions over time.
verb
Definitions
Sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.
Doubt, waver, be shocked.
Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly-spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).