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totter

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  1. 1. v. i. To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; as,an old man totters with age. Source: opted
  2. 2. v. i. To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver. Source: opted
  3. 3. v. move without being stable, as if threatening to fall Source: wordnet
  4. 4. v. walk unsteadily, with short steps Source: wordnet
  5. 5. v. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion Source: wordnet
  6. 6. 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. Source: webster
  7. 7. v:100 v. move without being stable, as if threatening to fall Source: ecdict

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