stagger

/ˈstæɡə//ˈstæɡɚ/

noun

1
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”
2
A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling
“apoplectic or sleepy staggers”
3
Bewilderment; perplexity.
4
The spacing out of various actions over time.
5
The difference in circumference between the left and right tires on a racing vehicle. It is used on oval tracks to make the car turn better in the corners.
6
The horizontal positioning of a biplane, triplane, or multiplane's wings in relation to one another.

1
Sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.
2
Doubt, waver, be shocked.
3
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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