Associations to the word «Tottering»

Wiktionary

TOTTERING, adjective. Unsteady, precarious or rickety.
TOTTERING, adjective. Unstable, insecure or wobbly.
TOTTERING, verb. Present participle of totter
TOTTERING, noun. The movement of one who totters.

Dictionary definition

TOTTERING, adjective. Unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; "a tottering skeleton of a horse"; "a tottery old man".
TOTTERING, adjective. (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse; "a tottering empire".

Wise words

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