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adjective
Date: 1534
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a. being in an unstable condition <a tottering building> b. walking unsteadily 2. lacking firmness or stability ; insecure <a tottering regime> • totteringly adverb
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
tottering
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tottering — index insecure, precarious Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
Tottering — Totter Tot ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tottered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tottering}.] [Probably for older tolter; cf. AS. tealtrian to totter, vacillate. Cf.{Tilt} to incline, {Toddle}, {Tottle}, {Totty}.] 1. To shake so as to threaten a fall; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
tottering — adjective 1. unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age (Freq. 3) a tottering skeleton of a horse a tottery old man • Syn: ↑tottery • Similar to: ↑unsteady 2. (of structures or institutions) having lost stabilit … Useful english dictionary
tottering — totteringly, adv. /tot euhr ing/, adj. 1. walking unsteadily or shakily. 2. lacking security or stability; threatening to collapse; precarious: a tottering empire. [TOTTER + ING2] * * * … Universalium
tottering — Synonyms and related words: Lissajous figure, alternation, ambling, ambulation, anile, back and forth, backpacking, cautious, circumspect, claudicant, collapsing, coming and going, crabbed, crawling, creeping, creeping like snail, debilitated,… … Moby Thesaurus
tottering — adjective a) Unsteady, precarious or rickety. b) Unstable, insecure or wobbly … Wiktionary
tottering — (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Not physically steady or firm: precarious, rickety, shaky, tottery, unstable, unsteady, wobbly. See FLEXIBLE. 2. Lacking stability: infirm, insecure, precarious, shaky, tottery, unstable, unsteady, unsure, weak … English dictionary for students
tottering — tot·ter || tÉ‘tÉ™(r) / tÉ’t v. stagger, wobble, tremble, sway … English contemporary dictionary
tottering — adjective (of a building) shake or rock as if about to collapse. → totter … English new terms dictionary
tottering — tot•ter•ing [[t]ˈtɒt ər ɪŋ[/t]] adj. 1) walking unsteadily or shakily 2) lacking security or stability; threatening to collapse tot′ter•ing•ly, adv … From formal English to slang
