stagger

stagger
1. intransitive verb
schwanken; torkeln (ugs.)
2. transitive verb
1) (astonish) die Sprache verschlagen (+Dat.)
2) versetzt anordnen

staggered junction — versetzt angelegte Kreuzung

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['stæɡə]
verb
1) (to sway, move or walk unsteadily: The drunk man staggered along the road.) schwanken
2) (to astonish: I was staggered to hear he had died.) erschüttern
3) (to arrange (people's hours of work, holidays etc) so that they do not begin and end at the same times.) staffeln
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stag·ger
[ˈstægəʳ, AM -ɚ]
I. vi
1. (totter)
▪ to \stagger somewhere irgendwohin wanken [o torkeln]
the company is \staggering under a $15 million debt (fig) auf der Firma lasten 15 Millionen Dollar Schulden
to \stagger to one's feet sich akk aufrappeln
2. (waver) schwanken, wanken
II. vt
1. (cause to totter)
▪ to \stagger sb jdn zum Wanken bringen
he was \staggered by the blow er wurde von dem Schlag zum Wanken gebracht
2. (shock)
▪ to \stagger sb jdn erstaunen
it \staggers the imagination to consider what their home life must be like man darf gar nicht darüber nachdenken, wie sich ihr Leben zu Hause gestaltet geh
3. (arrange)
▪ to \stagger sth etw staffeln
III. n
1. (lurch) Wanken nt kein pl, Taumeln nt kein pl
2. (arrangement) Staffelung f
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['stgə(r)]
1. vi
schwanken, taumeln; (because of illness, weakness) wanken; (drunkenly) torkeln

he was staggering along the street — er taumelte die Straße entlang

2. vt
1) (fig: amaze news etc) den Atem verschlagen (+dat), umhauen (inf)

he was staggered to hear of his promotion — die Nachricht von seiner Beförderung verschlug ihm die Sprache or haute ihn um

you stagger me! — da bin ich aber platt! (inf)

2) hours, holidays staffeln, stufen; seats, spokes versetzt anordnen, versetzen
3. n
1) Taumeln nt

to give a stagger — taumeln, schwanken

with a stagger — taumelnd, schwankend

2) sing or pl (VET) (Dumm)koller m
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stagger [ˈstæɡə(r)]
A v/i
1. (sch)wanken, taumeln, torkeln umg:
stagger to one’s feet sich schwankend erheben
2. wanken, zurückweichen (Truppen etc)
3. fig (sch)wanken(d werden)
B v/t
1. ins Wanken bringen, (sch)wankend machen (beide auch fig)
2. fig
a) verblüffen
b) stärker: überwältigen, sprachlos machen:
I was staggered by his impudence seine Unverschämtheit verschlug mir die Sprache
3. TECH, auch FLUG gestaffelt oder versetzt anordnen
4. Arbeitszeit etc staffeln
C s
1. (Sch)Wanken n, Taumeln n, Torkeln n umg
2. pl (meist als sg konstruiert)
a) MED Schwindel m (bei Caissonkrankheit)
b) VET Schwindel m (bei Rindern), Koller m (bei Pferden), Drehkrankheit f (bei Schafen)
3. TECH, auch FLUG gestaffelte oder versetzte Anordnung
4. Staff(e)lung f
5. Leichtathletik: Kurvenvorgabe f
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1. intransitive verb
schwanken; torkeln (ugs.)
2. transitive verb
1) (astonish) die Sprache verschlagen (+Dat.)
2) versetzt anordnen

staggered junction — versetzt angelegte Kreuzung

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n.
Staffelung f. v.
staffeln v.
wanken v.

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