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staggers

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2 syllables
8 characters
English (US)
2syllables

staggers

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staggers is a polysyllabic word with 2 syllables. Using the Knuth-Liang algorithm, we calculated the hyphenation for the word you’ve entered. However, this hyphenation has not been verified against authoritative sources and may be approximate. This is because the algorithm relies on pre-defined patterns that may not cover all exceptions, contextual variations, or irregular spellings. We are working to verify hyphenations against trusted sources to ensure greater accuracy. For now, staggers is hyphenated as:

Definitions ofstaggers

1noun
  • 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.
  • The difference in circumference between the left and right tires on a racing vehicle. It is used on oval tracks to make the car turn better in the corners.
  • The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.
1verb
  • 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).
1noun
  • Any of various diseases of animals that affects the nervous system, characterized by a lack of control of the limbs

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