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"ref": "2022 January 12, Benedict le Vay, “The heroes of Soham...”, in RAIL, number 948, page 43",
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"(intransitive) In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter."
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"roman": "liàngqiàng",
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"word": "踉跄"
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"word": "potácet se"
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"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "cambalear"
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"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "wackeln"
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"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "de",
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"word": "taumeln"
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"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "botladozik"
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{
"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "skjögra"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "riða"
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{
"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "reika"
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{
"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "slangra"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "izh",
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"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "horjua"
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{
"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "tuisligh"
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{
"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "barcollare"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yoromeku",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "よろめく"
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{
"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "vacillō"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "titubō"
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"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "takarangi"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "hūrorirori"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "hurori"
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{
"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "kōkeke"
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{
"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "keha"
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{
"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "trampelar"
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{
"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "titubar"
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{
"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "cambalear"
},
{
"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šatátʹsja",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "шата́ться"
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"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
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"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "हूर्छति"
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"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "tambalear"
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"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "titubar"
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"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "vackla"
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"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
"code": "th",
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"roman": "see",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "เซ"
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"_dis1": "64 3 4 3 2 5 17 3",
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"word": "sendelemek"
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"text": "The powerful blow of his opponent's fist staggered the boxer.",
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"text": "1708, Joseph Addison, The Present State of the War, and the Necessity of an Augmentation"
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{
"text": "The enemy staggers."
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"_dis1": "3 2 10 59 21 2 2 2",
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"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razkolebavam se",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "разколебавам се"
},
{
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"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "vacil·lar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 10 59 21 2 2 2",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"tags": [
"perfective"
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"word": "zaváhat"
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"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
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"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
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"word": "být na vážkách"
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"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "twijfelen"
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"_dis1": "3 2 10 59 21 2 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "epäröidä"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 10 59 21 2 2 2",
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "horjua"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 10 59 21 2 2 2",
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "chanceler"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 10 59 21 2 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "zweifeln"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 10 59 21 2 2 2",
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "wanken"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 10 59 21 2 2 2",
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "tentennare"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 10 59 21 2 2 2",
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "wahać się"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 10 59 21 2 2 2",
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "hesitar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 10 59 21 2 2 2",
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kolebátʹsja",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "колеба́ться"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 10 59 21 2 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "vacilar"
},
{
"_dis1": "3 2 10 59 21 2 2 2",
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"note": "from Latin haereo",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "herer"
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"word": "hesitar"
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"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "dubir"
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{
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"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
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],
"word": "dubitar"
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"_dis1": "3 2 10 59 21 2 2 2",
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "vackla"
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"text": "He will stagger the committee when he presents his report.",
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"ref": "1943 September and October, “Post-War London Terminals”, in Railway Magazine, page 257",
"text": "Unless it is intended to divert much of the Southern suburban traffic underground, the size of the structure needed to handle all the Southern Railway suburban, outer suburban, and main-line traffic in one station staggers the imagination.",
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"Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).",
"To arrange (a series of parts) on each side of a median line alternately, as the spokes of a wheel or the rivets of a boiler seam."
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"text": "We will stagger the starting positions for the race on the oval track.",
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"text": "We will stagger the run so the faster runners can go first, then the joggers.",
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"ref": "1962 September, “Talking of Trains: More commuters by rail”, in Modern Railways, page 154",
"text": "The evening peak (5.30-5.45) is more concentrated than the morning (9–9.15), but it had not been intensified in the 12 months to last November; this is attributed by London Transport partly to efforts to persuade firms to stagger their hours.",
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"_dis1": "14 12 11 9 10 14 14 14",
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zalitam",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "залитам"
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{
"_dis1": "14 12 11 9 10 14 14 14",
"code": "ca",
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"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "tentinejar"
},
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"_dis1": "14 12 11 9 10 14 14 14",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "potácet se"
},
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"_dis1": "14 12 11 9 10 14 14 14",
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
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},
{
"_dis1": "14 12 11 9 10 14 14 14",
"code": "nl",
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"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "wankelen"
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{
"_dis1": "14 12 11 9 10 14 14 14",
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "waggelen"
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"_dis1": "14 12 11 9 10 14 14 14",
"code": "fi",
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"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "hoiperrella"
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"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "cambalear"
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"code": "de",
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"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "torkeln"
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"code": "izh",
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"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
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"code": "it",
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"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
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"code": "la",
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"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "titubō"
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"_dis1": "14 12 11 9 10 14 14 14",
"code": "la",
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"word": "nūtō"
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"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "cambalear"
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"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "шата́ться"
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"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
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"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "ragla"
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"roman": "see",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "เซ"
},
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"_dis1": "1 1 4 1 1 31 31 31",
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"sense": "multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly spaced, times or places",
"word": "porrastaa"
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{
"_dis1": "1 1 4 1 1 31 31 31",
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"text": "We will stagger the starting positions for the race on the oval track.",
"type": "example"
}
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"Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).",
"To arrange similar objects such that each is ahead or above and to one side of the next."
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"similar",
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"(transitive) Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).",
"To arrange similar objects such that each is ahead or above and to one side of the next."
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"ref": "1962 September, “Talking of Trains: More commuters by rail”, in Modern Railways, page 154",
"text": "The evening peak (5.30-5.45) is more concentrated than the morning (9–9.15), but it had not been intensified in the 12 months to last November; this is attributed by London Transport partly to efforts to persuade firms to stagger their hours.",
"type": "quotation"
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"Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).",
"To schedule in intervals or at different times."
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"(transitive) Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).",
"To schedule in intervals or at different times."
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"tags": [
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},
{
"ipa": "/ˈstæɡɚ/",
"tags": [
"General-American"
]
},
{
"rhymes": "-æɡə(ɹ)"
},
{
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"tags": [
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"code": "ar",
"lang": "Arabic",
"roman": "tarannaḥa",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "تَرَنَّحَ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "klatuškam se",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "клатушкам се"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "oljuljavam se",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "олюлявам се"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "tentinejar"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "踉蹌"
},
{
"code": "cmn",
"lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
"roman": "liàngqiàng",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "踉跄"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "potácet se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "kymácet se"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "hoiperrella"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "horjua"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "toikkaroida"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "tituber"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "cambalear"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "wackeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "wanken"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "taumeln"
},
{
"code": "hu",
"lang": "Hungarian",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "botladozik"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "skjögra"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "riða"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "reika"
},
{
"code": "is",
"lang": "Icelandic",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "slangra"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "horjua"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "tuisligh"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "barcollare"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "yoromeku",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "よろめく"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "vacillō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "titubō"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "takarangi"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "hūrorirori"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "hurori"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "kōkeke"
},
{
"code": "mi",
"lang": "Maori",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "keha"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "trampelar"
},
{
"code": "oc",
"lang": "Occitan",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "titubar"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "cambalear"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šatátʹsja",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "шата́ться"
},
{
"code": "sa",
"lang": "Sanskrit",
"roman": "hūrchati",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "हूर्छति"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "tambalear"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "titubar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"raw_tags": [
"of titubar"
],
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"tags": [
"frequentative"
],
"word": "titubear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "vackla"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "see",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "เซ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "to move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking",
"word": "sendelemek"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "zalitam",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "залитам"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "tentinejar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "potácet se"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "vrávorat"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "wankelen"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "waggelen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "hoiperrella"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "tituber"
},
{
"code": "gl",
"lang": "Galician",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "cambalear"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "torkeln"
},
{
"code": "izh",
"lang": "Ingrian",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "horjua"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "barcollare"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "titubō"
},
{
"code": "la",
"lang": "Latin",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "nūtō"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "cambalear"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "šatátʹsja",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "шата́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "tambalear"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "ragla"
},
{
"code": "th",
"lang": "Thai",
"roman": "see",
"sense": "to walk in an awkward, drunken fashion",
"word": "เซ"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "razkolebavam se",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "разколебавам се"
},
{
"code": "ca",
"lang": "Catalan",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "vacil·lar"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"tags": [
"perfective"
],
"word": "zaváhat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "váhat"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"tags": [
"imperfective"
],
"word": "být na vážkách"
},
{
"code": "nl",
"lang": "Dutch",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "twijfelen"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "epäröidä"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "horjua"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "chanceler"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "zweifeln"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "wanken"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "tentennare"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "wahać się"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "hesitar"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "kolebátʹsja",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "колеба́ться"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "vacilar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"note": "from Latin haereo",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "herer"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"raw_tags": [
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],
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"tags": [
"frequentative"
],
"word": "hesitar"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "dubir"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"raw_tags": [
"of dubir"
],
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"tags": [
"frequentative"
],
"word": "dubitar"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "to begin to doubt and waver in purposes",
"word": "vackla"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly spaced, times or places",
"word": "porrastaa"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly spaced, times or places",
"word": "agaigh"
}
],
"word": "stagger"
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"English entries with incorrect language header",
"English entries with topic categories using raw markup",
"English lemmas",
"English nouns",
"English terms suffixed with -er",
"English terms with IPA pronunciation",
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"Rhymes:English/æɡə(ɹ)",
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"ref": "2013, Phil Hubbard, Cities and Sexualities, page 144",
"text": "Tallinn no longer takes pride in the title of 'favourite destination of British staggers'.",
"type": "quotation"
}
],
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"One who attends a stag night."
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"(UK) One who attends a stag night."
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"tags": [
"Southern-England"
],
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