totter (redirected from tottered)

tot·ter  (ttr)

intr.v. tot·tered, tot·ter·ing, tot·ters

1.

a. To sway as if about to fall.

b. To appear about to collapse: an empire that had begun to totter.

2. To walk unsteadily or feebly; stagger.

n.

The act or condition of tottering.

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[Middle English toteren, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

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totter·er n.

totter·y adj.

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totter

Verb

1. to move in an unsteady manner

2. to sway or shake as if about to fall

3. to be failing, unstable, or precarious: the world was tottering on the edge of war [origin unknown]

Thesaurus

Verb	1.	totter - move without being stable, as if threatening to fall; "The drunk man tottered over to our table" rock, sway, shake - move back and forth or sideways; "the ship was rocking"; "the tall building swayed"; "She rocked back and forth on her feet"
	2.	totter - walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" coggle, dodder, toddle, waddle, paddle walk - use one's feet to advance; advance by steps; "Walk, don't run!"; "We walked instead of driving"; "She walks with a slight limp"; "The patient cannot walk yet"; "Walk over to the cabinet"
	3.	totter - move unsteadily, with a rocking motion teeter, seesaw move - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"

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totter

verb 1. stagger, stumble, reel, sway, falter, lurch, wobble, walk unsteadily

verb 2. shake, sway, rock, tremble, quake, shudder, lurch, waver, quiver, vibrate, teeter, judder

Translations

totter [ˈtɔtəʳ] vi → tambalearse

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totter [ˈtɔtəʳ] vi → chanceler; [object, government] → être chancelant(e)

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totter [ˈtɔtəʳ] vi [person] → wanken, taumeln (fig) [government] → im Wanken sein

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totter [ˈtɔtəʳ] vi → barcollare; [object, government] → vacillare

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totter

v totter [ˈtotə]

to move unsteadily as if about to fall The building tottered and collapsed; He tottered down the road. steier يَتَمايَل، يَتَرَنَّح вървя несигурно kymácet se vakle wanken κλονίζομαι, παραπαίω, τρικλίζω tambalearse vankuma تلو تلو خردن؛ متزلزل بودن huojua vaciller, chanceler לָלֶכֶת בְּרַגלַים כּוֹשלוֹת लड़खड़ाना teturati, njihati se inog terhuyung-huyung riða (til falls) vacillare, traballare よろめく 흔들리다; 비트적거리다 svirduliuoti ļodzīties; grīļoties; streipuļot berjalan terhuyung-hayang wankelen vakle, svaie; sjangle chwiać się, zataczać się oscilar a se clătina; a merge clătinându-se пошатываться knísať sa, kolísať sa majati se teturati se vackla, stappla, svikta เดินโซเซ sendelemek 搖搖慾墜，搖搖晃晃 трястися; хитатися لڑکھڑانا، ڈگمگانا đi chập chững 摇摇欲坠，摇摇晃晃