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Pronunciation : Tot"ter
Part of Speech : v.
Etymology : [Probably for older tolter; cf. AS. tealtrian to totter, vacillate. Cf.Tilt to incline, Toddle, Tottle, Totty.]
Definition : 1. To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; as,an old man totters with age. "As a bowing wall shall ye be, and as a tottering fence." Ps. lxii. 3.

2. To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver. Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Dryden.

i. [imp. & p. p. Tottered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tottering.]
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913