staggering : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: staggering	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for staggering
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
staggering adj so surprisingly impressive as to stun or overwhelm; "such an enormous response was astonishing"; "an astounding achievement"; "the amount of money required was staggering"; "suffered a staggering defeat"; "the figure inside the boucle dress was stupefying" Synonym(s): astonishing, astounding, staggering, stupefying
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Stagger \Stag"ger\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Staggered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Staggering}.] [OE. stakeren, Icel. stakra to push, to stagger, fr. staka to punt, push, stagger; cf. OD. staggeren to stagger. Cf. {Stake}, n.] 1. 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. Deep was the wound; he staggered with the blow. --Dryden. 2. To cease to stand firm; to begin to give way; to fail. [bd]The enemy staggers.[b8] --Addison. 3. To begin to doubt and waver in purposes; to become less confident or determined; to hesitate. He [Abraham] staggered not at the promise of God through unbelief. --Rom. iv. 20.