About The Word Totter
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Totter
Totter Definition And Meaning |
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What's The Definition Of Totter?
[v] move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
[v] walk unsteadily, as of small children [v] move without being stable, as if threatening to fall Synonyms | Synonyms for Totter: coggle | dodder | paddle | seesaw | teeter | toddle | waddle Related Terms | Find terms related to Totter: See Also | careen | move | shift | sway | tilt | walk | wobble Totter In Webster's Dictionary \Tot"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tottered}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Tottering}.] [Probably for older tolter; cf. AS.
tealtrian to totter, vacillate. Cf.{Tilt} to incline,
{Toddle}, {Tottle}, {Totty}.]
1. To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be
unsteady; to stagger; as,an old man totters with age. ``As
a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence.''
--Ps. lxii. 3.
2. To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver.
Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall.
--Dryden.
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