tot·ter /ˈtɑtɚ/
(vi.)蹣跚,動搖蹣跚的步子
Tot·ter v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tottered p. pr. & vb. n. Tottering.]
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.”
2. To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver.
Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. --Dryden.
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totter
v 1: move without being stable, as if threatening to fall; "The
drunk man tottered over to our table"
2: walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" [syn: toddle, coggle,
dodder, paddle, waddle]
3: move unsteadily, with a rocking motion [syn: teeter, seesaw]