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Meaning of staggering

Source language: EnglishDictionary language: English

staggering

verb

Definitions

  1. Sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.

  2. Doubt, waver, be shocked.

  3. Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly-spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).

noun

Definitions

  1. The motion of one who staggers.

  2. That which staggers something or somebody.

  3. In animation, the repetition of a sequence of frames to show struggling effort

adjective

Definitions

  1. Incredible, overwhelming, amazing.

    Example: The army suffered a staggering defeat.