And she would whirl and spin and totter around, but she was still standing when Evil Eye Fleagle tried to lay her low with a double whammy.
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Totter
//ˈtɒtə//
Synonyms for "totter" (214 found)
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Closest matches (43)
Strong matches (64)
Related words (107)
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More general
5 entriesSynonyms
2 entriesderived
8 entriesetymologically related_to
2 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
15 entriesTranslations
77 translations across 24 languages.
Bulgarian
3 entries- залитане noun (unsteady movement)
- залитам verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- клатя се verb (move or stand unsteadily)
Campidanese Sardinian
1 entries- istontonai verb (move or stand unsteadily)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 踉蹌 /踉跄 noun (unsteady movement)
Czech
4 entries- klopýtat verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- kymácet se verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- potácet se verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- vrávorat verb (move or stand unsteadily)
Dutch
4 entries- tuimeling noun (unsteady movement)
- valpartij noun (unsteady movement)
- strompelen verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- struikelen verb (move or stand unsteadily)
Finnish
4 entries- hoipunta noun (unsteady movement)
- horjunta noun (unsteady movement)
- hoippua verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- horjua verb (move or stand unsteadily)
French
3 entries- chute noun (unsteady movement)
- écroulement noun (unsteady movement)
- tituber verb (move or stand unsteadily)
German
4 entries- Schwanken noun (unsteady movement)
- Taumeln noun (unsteady movement)
- Torkeln noun (unsteady movement)
- schwanken verb (move or stand unsteadily)
Greek
4 entries- παραπάτημα noun (unsteady movement)
- τρέκλισμα noun (unsteady movement)
- παραπαίω verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- παραπατώ verb (move or stand unsteadily)
Hindi
4 entries- टलमलाना verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- डगमगाना verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- डोलना verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- ढलमलाना verb (move or stand unsteadily)
Hungarian
3 entries- ingadozik verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- támolyog verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- tántorog verb (move or stand unsteadily)
Irish
1 entries- tuisligh verb (move or stand unsteadily)
Italian
1 entries- barcollare verb (move or stand unsteadily)
Latin
3 entries- cassō verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- labō verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- titubō verb (move or stand unsteadily)
Māori
4 entries- hikoki verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- hūoioi verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- kaurori verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- kōkeke verb (move or stand unsteadily)
Persian
1 entries- تلو noun (unsteady movement)
Polish
4 entries- chwianie się noun (unsteady movement)
- zataczanie się noun (unsteady movement)
- chwiać się verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- zataczać się verb (move or stand unsteadily)
Portuguese
1 entries- cambalear noun (unsteady movement)
Russian
3 entries- кача́ться verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- ковыля́ть verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- шата́ться verb (move or stand unsteadily)
Sanskrit
1 entries- हूर्छति verb (move or stand unsteadily)
Sardinian
4 entries- cantzicare verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- istontonare verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- tambulare verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- trampulinare verb (move or stand unsteadily)
Sassarese
2 entries- bantzigà verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- tamburà verb (move or stand unsteadily)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- teturanje noun (unsteady movement)
- teturati verb (move or stand unsteadily)
Spanish
3 entries- bascular verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- dar tumbos verb (move or stand unsteadily)
- tambalearse verb (move or stand unsteadily)
Sample sentences
7 total sentences available.
The baby tottered from the table to the chair.
Source: wiktionary
The old man tottered out of the pub into the street.
Source: wiktionary
The car tottered on the edge of the cliff.
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