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staggers en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (uncountable) Any of various diseases of animals that affect the nervous system, characterized by a lack of control of the limbs
    • “Soon afther, some mischances begun to happen to the farmer's cattle; a horse tuk the staggers, a fine vale calf died o' the black-lig, an' some uv his sheep o' the rid wather[.]” 1850, Thomas Keightley, The Fairy Mythology, London: H.G. Bohn, page 525:
  2. (form-of, plural) plural of stagger
    form of stagger
  3. (uncountable) Any of various diseases of animals that affect the nervous system, characterized by a lack of control of the limbs ▸ staggers and jags, delirium tremens or extreme inebriation

Deriveds

sleepy staggers · zamia staggers · stomach staggers · mad staggers · grass staggers

staggers en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) third-person singular simple present indicative of stagger
    form of stagger