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stagger
/ˈstæɡə/
noun
An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion
"the stagger of a drunken man"
A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling
"apoplectic or sleepy staggers"
Bewilderment; perplexity.
verb
Sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.
Doubt, waver, be shocked.
Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly-spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).
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