To move to one side and the other, as if about to fall, in standing or walking; not to stand or walk with steadiness; to sway; to reel or totter.

To cause to reel or totter.

An unsteady movement of the body in walking or standing, as if one were about to fall; a reeling motion; vertigo; -- often in the plural; as, the stagger of a drunken man.

A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; apopletic or sleepy staggers.

an unsteady uneven gait

walk as if unable to control one's movements; "The drunken man staggered into the room"

walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"