stagger : DEFINITION: (verb) Walk as if unable to control one’s movements.
SYNONYMS: careen, keel, lurch, reel, swag.
USAGE: The drunken man staggered into the room. Discuss
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flounder flounder : DEFINITION: (verb) Walk with great difficulty.
SYNONYMS: stagger.
USAGE: Dave refused to run quietly on the trail behind the sled…but continued to flounder alongside in the soft snow, where the going was most difficult, till exhausted.
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gyrate gyrate : DEFINITION: (verb) Revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis.
SYNONYMS: spin, reel, whirl.
USAGE: The airplane gyrated about in the sky in a most alarming fashion.
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today’s wwftd is… careen today's careen : careen [fr. F. (en) carène, (on) the keel] 1) to lurch or swerve while in motion 2) to rush headlong or carelessly; career
prance prance : DEFINITION: (verb) To walk with a lofty proud gait, often in an attempt to impress others.
SYNONYMS: cock, ruffle, sashay, strut, swagger, tittup.
USAGE: He pranced proudly around the room, a look of condescension and superiority playing on his face, and I disliked him immediately.
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squint squint : DEFINITION: (verb) Cross one's eyes as if in strabismus.
SYNONYMS: squinch.
USAGE: The children squinted so as to scare each other.
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