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tottering

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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.

[Middle English toteren, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.]

totter·er n.
totter·y adj.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.tottering - unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old agetottering - unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; "a tottering skeleton of a horse"; "a tottery old man"
unsteady - subject to change or variation; "her unsteady walk"; "his hand was unsteady as he poured the wine"; "an unsteady voice"
2.tottering - (of structures or institutions) having lost stabilitytottering - (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse; "a tottering empire"
unstable - lacking stability or fixity or firmness; "unstable political conditions"; "the tower proved to be unstable in the high wind"; "an unstable world economy"
Translations
tottering [ˈtɒtərɪŋ] ADJ [step] → tambaleante, inseguro, vacilante; [economy, government] → inestable
tottering
adjschwankend, wankend; person alsotaumelnd; regimebröckelig; economy, governmentwack(e)lig, kränklich; a tottering monarchein Monarch auf einem wackeligen Thron


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I could see old Marrow-Bone tottering along as fast as he could.
David's Tower was one tottering wall and a scattered mass of masonry.
I remember tottering and falling against their heels in front of the shining share, and that my father hauled back on the lines so violently that the horses nearly sat down on me.
 
 
 
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