adj, noun, verb ·3 syllables ·Common ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   The movement of one who totters.

   "Its faint descent tried the powers of the horse to keep back the car, and so feeble were his totterings that I began to fear we should miss the train[…]"

Verb

1. 1
   present participle and gerund of totter form-of, gerund, participle, present

Adjective

1. 1
   Unsteady, precarious or rickety.
2. 2
   Unstable, insecure or wobbly.

Adjective

1. 1
   (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse wordnet
2. 2
   unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

totteryalternationamblingambulationanileback-and-forth

Example

More examples

"An old man came tottering along."

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