ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Tottering

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech verb

Quick meaning: Tottering is a verb meaning present participle and gerund of totter.

Meaning

present participle and gerund of totter.

More Meanings

  1. Unsteady, precarious or rickety.
  2. Unstable, insecure or wobbly.
  3. The movement of one who totters.

Example Sentences

Its faint descent tried the powers of the horse to keep back the car, and so feeble were his totterings that I began to fear we should miss the train[…]

Word Forms

Synonyms for tottering

Depending on context, synonyms include precarious, rickety, shaky, unsteady, unsafe, wobbly.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include tottery, unsteady, faltering, teeter, wobbly, shaky.

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