tottering
adjective
[ ˈtɒtərɪŋ ]
• (of a person's steps) feeble or unsteady.
• "she swayed on her feet and took a few tottering steps"
• (of a structure) shaking or swaying as if about to collapse.
• "all that was left of this historic building were sections of tottering, smoke-blackened walls"
totter
verb
• 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,
Origin:
Middle English: from Middle Dutch touteren ‘to swing’ (the original sense in English).
