tot·ter (t t  r)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.] tot ter·er n.tot ter·y adj. |
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| Adj. | 1. |  tottering - 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 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
adj → schwankend, wankend; person also → taumelnd; regime → bröckelig; economy, government → wack(e)lig, kränklich; a tottering monarch → ein Monarch auf einem wackeligen Thron
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