totter: Meaning and Definition of

tot•ter

Pronunciation: (tot'ur), [key]
— v.i.
  1. to walk or go with faltering steps, as if from extreme weakness.
  2. to sway or rock on the base or ground, as if about to fall: The tower seemed to totter in the wind. The government was tottering.
  3. to shake or tremble: a load that tottered.
—n.
  1. the act of tottering; an unsteady movement or gait.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.
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