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totter definition

tot·ter (tät′ər)

intransitive verb

    1. to rock or shake as if about to fall; be unsteady
    2. to be on the point of failure or collapse
  2. to be unsteady on one's feet; stagger

Etymology: ME toteren, prob. < Scand, as in Norw dial. totra, to quiver, shake

noun

an unsteady walk or movement

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Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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