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
- Unsteady, precarious or rickety.
- Unstable, insecure or wobbly.
- 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
- totterings
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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