staggering

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Incredible, overwhelming, amazing.

   The army suffered a staggering defeat.

2. 2
   noun

   The motion of one who staggers.

   There are to whom the gods, in their bounty, give glory: but far oftener it is given in wrath, as a curse and a poison; disturbing the whole inner health and industry of the man; leading onward through dizzy staggerings and tarantula jiggings […]

3. 3
   noun

   The condition of being staggered or amazed.

   But these doubts, and fears, and staggerings, although they may be in the believer, yet they are not in his faith; these things argue the infirmity of his faith, indeed; but under all this, faith is fighting for the victory[…]

4. 4
   noun

   The spacing out of various actions over time.

   As a result of the recommendation of the Committee of Inquiry into London Transport, a Government-sponsored scheme for the staggering of working hours in London has been announced.

5. 5
   adj

   so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm

6. 6
   verb

   present participle and gerund of stagger

7. 7
   adj

   Lurching, floundering.

8. 8
   noun

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