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falter
To move unsteadily or haltingly; stumble:
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  1. To move unsteadily or haltingly; stumble:
  2. To move uncertainly or unsteadily; totter; stumble
  3. To act hesitantly; show uncertainty; waver; flinch
limp
To walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg.
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  1. To walk lamely, especially with irregularity, as if favoring one leg.
  2. To walk with or as with a lame or partially disabled leg or foot
  3. To move or proceed unevenly, jerkily, or laboriously, as because of being impaired, defective, damaged, etc.
totter
To be on the point of failure or collapse
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  1. To be on the point of failure or collapse
  2. To walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger.
  3. To sway as if about to fall.
waver
To tremble; quaver
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  1. To tremble; quaver
  2. To become diverted:
  3. To totter
vacillate
To change between one state and another; fluctuate:
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  1. To change between one state and another; fluctuate:
  2. To be unable to choose between different courses of action or opinions; waver:
  3. To sway to and fro; waver; totter; stagger
lurch
To roll, pitch, or sway suddenly forward or to one side
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  1. To roll, pitch, or sway suddenly forward or to one side
  2. To roll or pitch suddenly or erratically:
  3. (Archaic) To prevent (a person) from getting his fair share of something
reel
To feel dizzy; have a sensation of spinning or whirling
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  1. To feel dizzy; have a sensation of spinning or whirling
  2. To be thrown off balance or fall back:
  3. To feel dizzy:
stumble
To come by chance; happen
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  1. To come by chance; happen
  2. (Intransitive) To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
  3. To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, or against.
teeter
To alternate, as between opposing attitudes or positions; vacillate.
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  1. To alternate, as between opposing attitudes or positions; vacillate.
  2. To move or sway unsteadily or unsurely; totter.
  3. To totter, wobble, waver, etc.
totter
To be on the point of failure or collapse
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  1. To be on the point of failure or collapse
  2. To proceed with feeble, unsure steps
  3. To rock or shake as if about to fall; be unsteady
weave
To twist or interlace (something) into, through, or among
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  1. To twist or interlace (something) into, through, or among
  2. To construct by interlacing or interweaving strips or strands of material:
  3. To interlace (threads, for example) into cloth.
wobble
To move from side to side as a result of uneven rotation
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  1. To move from side to side as a result of uneven rotation
  2. To waver or vacillate in one's opinions or feelings.
  3. To waver in one's opinions, etc.; vacillate
blunder
To utter (something) stupidly or thoughtlessly.
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  1. To utter (something) stupidly or thoughtlessly.
  2. To say stupidly, clumsily, or confusedly; blurt
  3. To move clumsily or carelessly; flounder; stumble
bumble
To move, act, or proceed clumsily.
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  1. To move, act, or proceed clumsily.
  2. To blunder
  3. To stumble
bungle
To do or make things badly or clumsily
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  1. To do or make things badly or clumsily
  2. To carry out badly or ruin through ineptitude; botch.
  3. To spoil by clumsy work or action; botch
flounder
To move clumsily or with little progress, as through water or mud.
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  1. To move clumsily or with little progress, as through water or mud.
  2. To speak or act in an awkward, confused manner, with hesitation and frequent mistakes
  3. (Intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.
fudge
To evade (an issue, for example); dodge.
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  1. To evade (an issue, for example); dodge.
  2. To refuse to commit oneself or give a direct answer; hedge
  3. To go beyond the proper limits of something:
fumble
To grope awkwardly to find or to accomplish something:
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  1. To grope awkwardly to find or to accomplish something:
  2. To search (for a thing) by feeling about awkwardly with the hands; grope clumsily
  3. To lose one's grasp on (a football, etc.) while trying to catch or hold it
muddle
To confuse or befuddle (a person or the mind, for example).
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  1. To confuse or befuddle (a person or the mind, for example).
  2. To mix (a drink or the ingredients of a drink), especially with a muddler.
  3. To act or think in a confused way
shuffle
To move with short sliding steps, without or barely lifting the feet:
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  1. To move with short sliding steps, without or barely lifting the feet:
  2. To shift from position to position or move from place to place:
  3. To change one's position; to shift ground; to evade questions; to resort to equivocation; to prevaricate.
stumble
To speak, act, or proceed in a confused, blundering manner
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  1. To speak, act, or proceed in a confused, blundering manner
  2. To miss one's step in walking or running; trip and almost fall.
  3. To strike or happen (upon a person or thing) without design; to fall or light by chance; with on, upon, or against.
dither
(Computer graphics) To render an approximation of (an image, etc.) by using dot patterns in similar colours to those that are unavailable on the system.
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  1. (Computer graphics) To render an approximation of (an image, etc.) by using dot patterns in similar colours to those that are unavailable on the system.
  2. To be nervously excited or confused
  3. To do something nervously.
falter
To move uncertainly or unsteadily; totter; stumble
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  1. To move uncertainly or unsteadily; totter; stumble
  2. To stumble in speech; speak haltingly; stammer
  3. To say hesitantly or timidly
halt
To be uncertain; waver; hesitate
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  1. To be uncertain; waver; hesitate
  2. To come or bring to a halt; stop, esp. temporarily
  3. (Intransitive) To stop marching.
hesitate
To be reluctant; not be sure that one should
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  1. To be reluctant; not be sure that one should
  2. To stop because of indecision; pause or delay in acting, choosing, or deciding because of feeling unsure; waver
  3. To pause; stop momentarily
pause
To cease or suspend an action temporarily:
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  1. To cease or suspend an action temporarily:
  2. To cease or suspend the action of temporarily; stop for an interim:
  3. To hesitate:
shilly-shally
To procrastinate.
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  1. To procrastinate.
  2. To spend time on insignificant things; dawdle.
  3. To be unable to come to a decision; vacillate.
vacillate
To waver in mind; show indecision
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  1. To waver in mind; show indecision
  2. To change between one state and another; fluctuate:
  3. To be unable to choose between different courses of action or opinions; waver:
waver
To move unsteadily back and forth:
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  1. To move unsteadily back and forth:
  2. To become unsteady; begin to give way; falter
  3. To tremble or quaver in sound, as of the voice or a musical note.
wobble
To waver in one's opinions, etc.; vacillate
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  1. To waver in one's opinions, etc.; vacillate
  2. To waver or vacillate in one's opinions or feelings.
  3. To tremble or quaver:
boggle
To act ineptly or inefficiently; bungle.
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  1. To act ineptly or inefficiently; bungle.
  2. To be or become confused or overwhelmed as by something very difficult, surprising, vast, etc.
  3. To confuse or mystify; overwhelm.
bowl over
(Idiomatic) To overwhelm with astonishment or wonder; to flabbergast
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  1. (Idiomatic) To overwhelm with astonishment or wonder; to flabbergast
  2. (Idiomatic) To overwhelm; to cause to fall to the ground.
dumbfound
To make speechless by shocking; amaze; astonish
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  1. To make speechless by shocking; amaze; astonish
  2. To confuse and bewilder; to leave speechless.
  3. To fill with astonishment and perplexity; confound.
flabbergast
To make speechless with amazement; astonish
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  1. To make speechless with amazement; astonish
  2. To cause to be overcome with astonishment; astound.
floor
To provide with a floor.
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  1. To provide with a floor.
  2. To cover or furnish with a floor
  3. (Informal) To press down to the floor
Find another word for stagger. In this page you can discover 41 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for stagger, like: reel, falter, limp, totter, waver, vacillate, lurch, reel, stumble, teeter and totter.

Sentence Examples

  • As you lay the floor, don't forget to stagger the joints.

  • Place men or tall women in the background and remember to stagger head heights for balance to create an interesting dynamic.

  • Stagger the joints of each row to create more of a real wood look.

  • Stagger them slightly so you can see both colors and form them around the wick.

  • Shortly after learning to walk, children with A-T begin to stagger.

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