stagger-through
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.82 in modern English
23
Scrabble Score
14
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
Example Sentences
- "And so I went there with the rehearsal pianists and we just did stagger-throughs, so that we could time it, so that we could know what was going on."
- "There may be a “stagger-through” in between, a run-through with occasional stops for critical discussions and changes."
Etymology
Deverbal from stagger through, modeled after readthrough and walkthrough. So called because there may be notional staggers (mistakes, pauses for discussion, etc.).