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Stagger

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WordDefinition
lurchnounA sudden or unsteady movement.
careenverb(intransitive) To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
stumbleverb(intransitive) To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
keelnoun(nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
swagnoun(ambitransitive) To (cause to) sway.
floundernoun(intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.
distributeverb(transitive) To divide into portions and dispense.
stacknoun(heading) A pile.
reelnounA kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.

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WordDefinition
reelnounA kind of spool, turning on an axis, on which yarn, threads, lines, or the like, are wound.
lurchnounA sudden or unsteady movement.
stumbleverb(intransitive) To trip or fall; to walk clumsily.
swagnoun(ambitransitive) To (cause to) sway.
distributeverb(transitive) To divide into portions and dispense.
stacknoun(heading) A pile.
careenverb(intransitive) To lurch or sway violently from side to side.
keelnoun(nautical) A large beam along the underside of a ship’s hull from bow to stern.
floundernoun(intransitive) To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.
totterverbTo walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.
stunverb(transitive) To incapacitate; especially by inducing disorientation or unconsciousness.
alternatenounHappening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
phasenounA distinguishable part of a sequence or cycle occurring over time.
schedulenounA procedural plan, usually but not necessarily tabular in nature, indicating a sequence of operations and the planned times at which those operations are to occur.
switchnounA device to turn electric current on and off or direct its flow.
togglenounTo alternate between two positions using a single switch or lever.
totteringverbUnsteady, precarious or rickety.
wobblenounAn unsteady motion.
titubationnounThe act of stumbling, rocking, or rolling; a reeling.
teeteringverbA precarious motion or situation, risking a fall or collapse.

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