Stagger
English Meaning
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.
- To move or stand unsteadily, as if under a great weight; totter.
- To begin to lose confidence or strength of purpose; waver.
- To cause to totter, sway, or reel: The blow staggered him.
- To overwhelm with emotion or astonishment.
- To cause to waver or lose confidence.
- To place on or as if on alternating sides of a center line; set in a zigzag row or rows: theater seats that were staggered for clear viewing.
- To arrange in alternating or overlapping time periods: staggered the nurses' shifts.
- To arrange (the wings of a biplane) so that the leading edge of one wing is either ahead of or behind the leading edge of the other wing.
- Sports To arrange (the start of a race) with the starting point in the outside lanes progressively closer to the finish line so as to neutralize the advantage of competing in the shorter inside lanes.
- A tottering, swaying, or reeling motion.
- A staggered pattern, arrangement, or order.
- Any of various diseases of the nervous system in animals, especially horses, cattle, or other domestic animals, characterized by a lack of coordination in moving, a staggering gait, and frequent falling. Also called blind staggers.
Examples | ഉദാഹരണങ്ങൾ
The below examples are taken from The Holy Bible.
Jeremiah 25:16
And they will drink and stagger and go mad because of the sword that I will send among them."
അവർ à´•àµà´Ÿà´¿à´šàµà´šàµ ഞാൻ അവരàµà´Ÿàµ† ഇടയിൽ അയകàµà´•àµà´¨àµà´¨ വാൾനിമിതàµà´¤à´‚ ചാഞàµà´šà´¾à´Ÿà´¿ à´àµà´°à´¾à´¨àµà´¤à´¨àµà´®à´¾à´°à´¾à´¯à´¿à´¤àµà´¤àµ€à´°àµà´‚.
Job 12:25
They grope in the dark without light, And He makes them stagger like a drunken man.
അവർ വെളിചàµà´šà´®à´¿à´²àµà´²à´¾à´¤àµ† ഇരàµà´Ÿàµà´Ÿà´¿àµ½ തപàµà´ªà´¿à´¨à´Ÿà´•àµà´•àµà´¨àµà´¨àµ; അവൻ മതàµà´¤à´¨àµà´®à´¾à´°àµ†à´ªàµà´ªàµ‹à´²àµ† അവരെ ചാഞàµà´šà´¾à´Ÿàµà´®à´¾à´±à´¾à´•àµà´•àµà´¨àµà´¨àµ.
Isaiah 19:14
The LORD has mingled a perverse spirit in her midst; And they have caused Egypt to err in all her work, As a drunken man staggers in his vomit.
യഹോവ അതിനàµà´±àµ† നടàµà´µà´¿àµ½ മനോവിà´àµà´°à´®à´‚ പകർനàµà´¨àµ; ലഹരിപിടിചàµà´šà´µàµ» തനàµà´±àµ† ഛർദàµà´¦à´¿à´¯à´¿àµ½ ചാഞàµà´šà´¾à´Ÿà´¿à´¨à´Ÿà´•àµà´•àµà´¨àµà´¨à´¤àµ പോലെ അവർ മിസàµà´°à´¯àµ€à´®à´¿à´¨àµ† അതിനàµà´±àµ† സകലപàµà´°à´µàµƒà´¤àµà´¤à´¿à´¯à´¿à´²àµà´‚ തെറàµà´±à´¿à´¨à´Ÿà´•àµà´•àµà´®à´¾à´±à´¾à´•àµà´•à´¿à´¯à´¿à´°à´¿à´•àµà´•àµà´¨àµà´¨àµ.
Lamentations 5:13
Young men ground at the millstones; Boys staggered under loads of wood.
യൌവനകàµà´•à´¾àµ¼ തിരികലàµà´²àµ à´šàµà´®à´•àµà´•àµà´¨àµà´¨àµ; ബാലനàµà´®à´¾àµ¼ വിറകàµà´šàµà´®à´Ÿàµà´‚കൊണàµà´Ÿàµ വീഴàµà´¨àµà´¨àµ.
Psalms 107:27
They reel to and fro, and stagger like a drunken man, And are at their wits' end.
അവർ മതàµà´¤à´¨àµ†à´ªàµà´ªàµ‹à´²àµ† à´¤àµà´³àµà´³à´¿ ചാഞàµà´šà´¾à´Ÿà´¿à´¨à´Ÿà´¨àµà´¨àµ; അവരàµà´Ÿàµ† à´¬àµà´¦àµà´§à´¿ പൊയàµà´ªàµ‹à´¯à´¿à´°àµà´¨àµà´¨àµ.
Isaiah 29:9
Pause and wonder! Blind yourselves and be blind! They are drunk, but not with wine; They stagger, but not with intoxicating drink.
വിസàµà´®à´¯à´¿à´šàµà´šàµ à´¸àµà´¤à´‚à´à´¿à´šàµà´šàµà´ªàµ‹à´•àµà´µà´¿àµ» ; à´…à´¨àµà´§à´¤à´ªà´¿à´Ÿà´¿à´šàµà´šàµ à´•àµà´°àµà´Ÿà´°à´¾à´¯à´¿à´¤àµà´¤àµ€à´°àµà´µà´¿àµ» ; അവർ മതàµà´¤à´°à´¾à´¯à´¿à´°à´¿à´•àµà´•àµà´¨àµà´¨àµ. വീഞàµà´žàµà´•àµŠà´£àµà´Ÿà´²àµà´²à´¤à´¾à´¨àµà´‚; അവർ ചാഞàµà´šà´¾à´Ÿà´¿à´¨à´Ÿà´•àµà´•àµà´¨àµà´¨àµ; മദàµà´¯à´ªà´¾à´¨à´‚കൊണàµà´Ÿà´²àµà´²à´¤à´¾à´¨àµà´‚.
