totter

[US]/ˈtɒtə(r)/
[UK]/ˈtɑːtər/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vi. to move unsteadily; stagger
n. unsteady steps

Example Sentences

The drunkard tottered along the road.

The pile of books tottered then fell.

a hunched figure tottering down the path.

Now we maun totter down, John,

a tottering skeleton of a horse; a tottery old man.

The wounded soldier tottered to his feet.

the pharmaceutical industry has tottered from crisis to crisis.

she was so prostrated by migraine that she could scarcely totter up the stairs to bed.

Under the buddle tottered the old woman, her face as white as a linen sheet.

It does not become disconcerted, but adjusts to its divine work the man who has bestridden the Alps, and the good old tottering invalid of Father Elysee.

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