stagger

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stagger

  1. astunta, käynti, hoipertelu, kompurointi, horjahtelu, järjestää, laittaa, vallata, saada valtaansa, pyyhkäistä yli, yllättää, järkyttyä, mennä pois tolaltaan, kävellä, hoippua, horjua, hoiperrella, toikkaroida, räpiköidä.

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hoippua

mennä pois tolaltaan

horjahtelu

järjestää

horjua An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion
7 October 2012, Paolo Bandini in (w), https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2012/oct/07/denver-broncos-new-england-patriots-live Denver Broncos 21 New England Patriots 31 - as it happened

Put down the rosary beads folks, I believe hell may just have frozen over. Peyton Manning drops back, sees nothing open and runs for a first down. If you can call that running. More like the stagger of a wounded rhino. Did the job, though
*1861, (w), East Lynne Chapter 39
Afy slowly gathered in the sense of the words. She gasped twice, as if her breath had gone, and then, with a stagger and a shiver, fell heavily to the ground.

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1843, (w), (w) Stave 2
And when old Fezziwig and Mrs. Fezziwig had gone all through the dance; advance and retire; both hands to your partner, bow and courtesy, corkscrew, thread the needle, and back again to your place; Fezziwig "cut"—cut so deftly that he appeared to wink with his legs, and came upon his feet again without a stagger.
puhekieltä A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling
bewilderment Bewilderment; perplexity.
The space out|spacing out of various actions over time.
19 April 2016, (w) in (w), https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2016/apr/19/vignarola-spring-vegetable-stew-recipe-rachel-roddy-kitchen-in-rome Rachel Roddy’s Roman spring vegetable stew recipe
I don’t include cured pork, although it is very nice, and rather than putting everything in the pan at once I prefer a stagger of ingredients, which ensures each one gets the right amount of time.
puhekieltä 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.http://www.stockcarracing.com/techarticles/scrp_0805_tire_stagger/ Stock Car Racing magazine article on stagger, February 2009
puhekieltä The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane|multiplane's wings in relation to one another.
Sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.
puhekieltä 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.

She began to stagger across the room.

Dryden
Deep was the wound; he staggered with the blow.
puhekieltä To cause to reel or totter.

The powerful blow of his opponents fist staggered the boxer.''

Shakespeare
That hand shall burn in never-quenching fire / That staggers thus my person.
puhekieltä To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail.
Addison
The enemy staggers.
Doubt, waver, be shocked.
puhekieltä To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate.
Bible, Rom. iv. 20
He Abraham staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief.
puhekieltä To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.

He will stagger the committee when he presents his report.

Howell
Whosoever will read the story of this war will find himself much staggered.
Burke
Grants to the house of Russell were so enormous, as not only to outrage economy, but even to stagger credibility.
puhekieltä Multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly-spaced, times or places (attested from 1856http://www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=stagger Etymology in :w:Online Etymology Dictionary|Online Etymology Dictionary).
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.
To arrange similar objects such that each is ahead or above and to one side of the next.

We will stagger the starting positions for the race on the oval track.

To schedule in intervals.

We will stagger the run so the faster runners can go first, then the joggers.

Riimisanakirja

stagger rimmaa näiden kanssa:

penger, suojapenger, rantapenger, tiepenger, jokipenger, tienpenger, laaksopenger

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