Stag″ger, n. 1. 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.
2. pl.(Far.) A disease of horses and other animals, attended by reeling, unsteady gait or sudden falling; as, parasitic staggers; apopletic or sleepy staggers.
3. pl. Bewilderment; perplexity. Shak.
Stomach staggers(Far.), distention of the stomach with food or gas, resulting in indigestion, frequently in death.