Tra từ stagger - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

▪ I. stag·ger [stagger staggers staggered staggering] BrE [ˈstæɡə(r)] NAmE [ˈstæɡər] verb
1. intransitive, transitive to walk with weak unsteady steps, as if you are about to fall
Syn: ↑totter
•(+ adv./prep.) The injured woman staggered to her feet.
•He staggered home, drunk.
•We seem to stagger from one crisis to the next.
• (figurative)The company is staggering under the weight of a £10m debt.
•~ sth I managed to stagger the last few steps.
2. transitive to shock or surprise sb very much
Syn: ↑amaze
•~ sb Her remarks staggered me.
•it staggers sb that… It staggers me that the government is doing nothing about it.
3. transitive ~ sth to arrange for events that would normally happen at the same time to start or happen at different times
•There were so many runners that they had to stagger the start.
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): alteration of dialect stacker, from Old Norse stakra, frequentative of staka ‘push, stagger’.

Example Bank:
•She staggered blindly off into the darkness.
•She staggered to her feet and tottered unsteadily across the room.
•He was staggering, as if he was drunk.
•I managed to stagger to my feet.
•It staggers me that the government is doing nothing about this situation.
•She staggered over to him, swaying slightly.
•The injured woman staggered to the side of the road.
•The inspectors were staggered at the level of incompetence among senior staff.
•The man staggered around the square before collapsing.

▪ II. stag·ger noun
•to walk with a stagger
Main entry: ↑stagger_derived