Clues for the word "STAGGER"

We've had 46 crossword clues used for this word, and seen it 85 times in crosswords. It was last seen in Mindfood Daily crossword on March 27, 2026.

Definition of stagger

n. - To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter.
n. - To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
n. - To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
v. t. - To cause to reel or totter.
v. t. - To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
v. t. - 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.
n. - An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man.
n. - A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; appopletic or sleepy staggers.
n. - Bewilderment; perplexity.