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tottery Definition


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totter
verb, intr tottered, tottering
    1. To walk or move unsteadily, shakily or weakly.
      Thesaurus: teeter, falter, stumble, stagger.
    2. To sway or tremble as if about to fall.
      Thesaurus: teeter, sway, waver, shake, tremble.
    3. Said of a system of government, etc: to be on the verge of collapse.
noun
    1. A weak and unsteady movement or gait.
Derivative: totterer
noun
    Derivative: tottering
    adj
      Derivative: totteringly
      adverb
        Derivative: tottery
        adj
          Etymology: 14c in this sense; 12c, meaning ‘to swing'.



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