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    tottering
    /ˈtɒt(ə)rɪŋ/

    adjective

    • 1. (of a person's steps) feeble or unsteady: "she swayed on her feet and took a few tottering steps"
    • 2. (of a structure) shaking or swaying as if about to collapse: "all that was left of this historic building were sections of tottering, smoke-blackened walls"

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  2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishTOTTERING | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

    TOTTERING definition: 1. walking with difficulty in a way that looks as if you are about to fall: 2. shaking and moving…. Learn more.

  3. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › totteringTottering Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    The meaning of TOTTERING is being in an unstable condition. How to use tottering in a sentence.

  4. www.dictionary.com › browse › totteringTOTTERING Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com

    Tottering definition: walking unsteadily or shakily.. See examples of TOTTERING used in a sentence.

  5. www.collinsdictionary.com › dictionary › englishTOTTERING definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary

    TOTTERING definition: walking unsteadily or shakily | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.

  6. www.thefreedictionary.com › totteringTottering - definition of tottering by The Free Dictionary

    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. See Synonyms at blunder. n. The act or condition of tottering. [Middle English toteren, perhaps of Scandinavian origin .] tot′ter·er n. tot′ter·y adj.

  7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › totteringTottering - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

    Definitions of tottering. adjective. unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age. “a tottering skeleton of a horse”. synonyms: tottery. unsteady. subject to change or variation. adjective. (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse.

  8. www.merriam-webster.com › dictionary › totterTotter Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

    verb. tot· ter ˈtä-tər. tottered; tottering; totters. Synonyms of totter. intransitive verb. 1. : to move unsteadily : stagger, wobble. 2. a. : to tremble or rock as if about to fall : sway. b. : to become unstable : threaten to collapse. totter. 2 of 2. noun. : an unsteady gait : wobble. Synonyms. Verb. careen. dodder. lurch. reel. stagger.