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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. dictionary.cambridge.org › us › dictionaryTOTTERING | definition in the Cambridge English Dictionary

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

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

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

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

    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. “a tottering empire”.

  9. www.merriam-webster.com › thesaurus › totteringTOTTERING Synonyms: 69 Similar and Opposite Words - ...

    Synonyms for TOTTERING: shaking, trembling, quivering, trembly, shaky, shuddering, shivering, wobbly; Antonyms of TOTTERING: stable, steady, controlled, firm, settled.

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

    noun. : an unsteady gait : wobble. Synonyms. Verb. careen. dodder. lurch. reel. stagger. teeter. waddle. See all Synonyms & Antonyms in Thesaurus. Examples of totter in a Sentence. Verb The child tottered across the room. He tottered away to bed.

  11. www.yourdictionary.com › totteringTottering Definition & Meaning | YourDictionary

    While thrones were falling or tottering in every country in Europe, it was inevitable that excitement and agitation should prevail in Great Britain. Things like crashing around the house in her baby walker or tottering along behind her push cart.