(idea) by enkidu Thu Mar 15 2001 at 17:42:30
Very impressive, surprising, or otherwise having a strong and immediate effect on the perceiver. The word is evidently meant to evoke the image of someone staggering back, as shock or awe causes her to lose her balance.

Staggering is also the gerund form of the English verb stagger.
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