Category:Totter

Tot"ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tottered; p. pr. & vb. n. Tottering.] Etym: [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 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.