staggering

verb

  1. 1

    Sway unsteadily, reel, or totter.

  2. 2

    Doubt, waver, be shocked.

  3. 3

    Have multiple groups doing the same thing in a uniform fashion, but starting at different, evenly-spaced, times or places (attested from 1856).

noun

  1. 1

    The motion of one who staggers.

  2. 2

    That which staggers something or somebody.

  3. 3

    In animation, the repetition of a sequence of frames to show struggling effort

adjective

  1. 1

    Incredible, overwhelming, amazing.

    “The army suffered a staggering defeat.”

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