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Definitions for: 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
Webster (1913) Definition: 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.
Synonyms: coggle, dodder, paddle, seesaw, teeter, toddle, waddle
See Also: careen, move, shift, sway, tilt, walk, wobble
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