tottering

adj 2noun 1

Collocations

ADJ.

old

VERB + TOTTERING

came, followed, power, stand

TOTTERING + NOUN

mother

PREP.

after, along

Definitions

adj

Unsteady, precarious or rickety.

Unstable, insecure or wobbly.

noun

The movement of one who totters.

Its faint descent tried the powers of the horse to keep back the car, and so feeble were his totterings that I began to fear we should miss the train[…]

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Synonyms

adjective — unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age

tottery

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

Its faint descent tried the powers of the horse to keep back the car, and so feeble were his totterings that I began to fear we should miss the train[…]

Wiktionary

An old man came tottering along.

Tatoeba · #326402

The whole power structure is tottering.

Tatoeba · #2017263

The colt was finally able to stand and followed tottering after its mother.

Tatoeba · #10614147

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