Word

stagger, v.
(staggered, staggering, staggers)
freq. cnt. 17

walk as if unable to control one's movements
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 18 freq. cnt.: 10 freq. cnt.: 5 freq. cnt.: 2 freq. cnt.: 1

careen keel lurch reel stagger swag

sample sentences

"The drunken man staggered into the room"

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

stagger staggerer

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lurch

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

reeler

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

careen

semantic pointers

hypernym

walk

walk with great difficulty
<verb.motion> freq. cnt.: 11 freq. cnt.: 6 freq. cnt.: 5

flounder stagger

sample sentences

"He staggered along in the heavy snow"

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The children %s to the playground

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lexical pointers

derivationally related form

stagger

semantic pointers

hypernym

walk

to arrange in a systematic order
<verb.contact> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

distribute stagger

sample sentences

"stagger the chairs in the lecture hall"

verb frames

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semantic pointers

hypernym

arrange, set up

astound or overwhelm, as with shock
<verb.emotion>

stagger

sample sentences

"She was staggered with bills after she tried to rebuild her house following the earthquake"

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hypernym

overcome, sweep over, overwhelm, overpower, whelm, overtake