totter
verb
[ ˈtɒtə ]
• move in a feeble or unsteady way.
• "a hunched figure was tottering down the path"
Similar:
teeter,
walk unsteadily,
stagger,
wobble,
stumble,
dodder,
shuffle,
shamble,
falter,
reel,
toddle,
hobble,
sway,
roll,
lurch,
• (of a structure) shake or sway as if about to collapse.
• "the building began to totter and then the roof gave way"
Similar:
shake,
sway,
tremble,
quiver,
teeter,
shudder,
judder,
rock,
quake,
reel,
lurch,
vibrate,
oscillate,
totter
noun
• a feeble or unsteady gait.
Origin:
Middle English: from Middle Dutch touteren ‘to swing’ (the original sense in English).
totter
noun
• a person who makes a living by salvaging saleable items from dustbins or rubbish heaps.
• "Coney Street in York was a totter's paradise on Tuesday morning"
Origin:
late 19th century: from tot3.
