stagger : Idioms & Phrases


blind staggers

  • noun a disease of the central nervous system affecting especially horses and cattle; characterized by an unsteady swaying gait and frequent falling
    staggers.
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stagger bush

  • noun deciduous shrub of coastal plain of the eastern United States having nodding pinkish-white flowers; poisonous to stock
    staggerbush; Lyonia mariana.
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stagger head

  • noun a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right
    stagger head; drop line; stepped line; stephead; dropline.
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staggered board of directors

  • noun a board of directors a portion of whose members are elected each year instead of all members being elected annually
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staggered head

  • noun a headline with the top line flush left and succeeding lines indented to the right
    stagger head; drop line; stepped line; stephead; dropline.
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Stomach staggers

  • (Far.), distention of the stomach with food or gas, resulting in indigestion, frequently in death.
Webster 1913