STAGGER, STAGGERING
ADJECTIVES
1791 — NIDY-NOY staggering or walking unsteadily from drink → Sc.
1817 — TITUBANT staggering, tottering, reeling, stumbling, unsteady
1881 — ON THE WAMBLE → UPON THE WAMBLE staggering, wobbling
1973 — WAFFLIE tottery, staggering → Sc.
NOUNS
1849 — TITUBATION the act of staggering, reeling, stumbling, or tottering; unsteadiness in gait or carriage
1932 — BACK-STAP a staggering backwards → Sc.
NOUNS, PERSON
1700 — TITTER-TOTTER one who totters, reels, or staggers → obs.
VERBS
1340 — WAG to totter, to stagger; to be in danger of falling → obs.
1375 — GALAY to reel; to stagger → obs.
1382 — WAGGER to stagger, to totter → obs.
1400 — STOTAY to falter, totter, stumble, stagger; to come to a stand → obs.
1400 — SWAVER to stagger, to totter → N. Eng. dial.
1475 — DOTTER to walk or move unsteadily; to stagger, to totter; to walk or move slowly or aimlessly; to potter → chiefly Sc.
1575 — TITUBATE to stagger, to stumble, to trip, to reel, to totter; to rock, roll → rare
1589 — WAMBLE of things: to totter, to waver; to move unsteadily, to stagger, to reel → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1600 — DAVER to move or walk as if dazed or stupefied; to stagger → Sc. & N. Eng. dial.
1622 — MAKE INDENTURES to stagger with drink → sl.
1668 — DACKER to waver, to totter, to stagger → Eng. dial.
1710 — DADDLE to walk totteringly or unsteadily, like a child; to stagger; to walk with short steps, as a small child or an infirm person → obs. exc. Eng. dial.
1724 — STOITER to stagger or stumble → Sc.
1737 — MAKE A VIRGINIA FENCE to walk unsteadily, as a drunkard; to stagger in a zigzag course; to be drunk → Amer. rare
1776 — DINDLE to shake, to vibrate; to stagger from a blow; to tremble → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1786 — WABBLE to wobble; to walk unsteadily, to stagger, to totter, to rock on one’s feet, to waffle → Sc.
1790 — RAMBLE to dance; also, to reel, to stagger → Eng. dial.
..19C — JAMMY to sway to and fro; to stagger → Eng. dial.
..E19 — SLUMPER to struggle or stagger helplessly through or along a muddy track, lane, etc. → rare
1808 — DAIDLE to waddle; to stagger, to walk unsteadily → Sc.
1865 — WAGGLE → WUGGLE to waddle; to stagger along unsteadily → Sc. & Eng. dial.
1866 — KEAVE to stumble, to stagger → Eng. dial.
1869 — STOTTER to stagger about → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1895 — SANNY to fall or stagger, as from weakness → Eng. dial.
1898 — BEVIS → BEVISH to jump about; to stagger; to walk unsteadily → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1898 — CALL SHEEP to stagger in walking → Sc. (Bk.)
1900 — WALTER to walk unsteadily, to totter, to stagger, to stumble, to reel, to waddle → Sc.
1904 — SANNICK → SANNOCK → SONNOCK to stagger or fall from excessive weakness → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1905 — MADDLE ALONG to stagger; to move aimlessly about, to potter → Eng. dial. (Bk.)
1933 — ANTIGODDLE to stagger → Amer. dial.
1973 — WAFFLE to stagger, to totter, to move uncertainly → Sc.
1975 — DODDLE to fiddle around, to tinker; to stagger and reel → Amer. dial.
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