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Word entry · 6 letters

totter

Best crossword clue

"Wobble while walking"

6 letters · collected on this word page

6 lettersPronunciation /ˈtɒtə/Part of speech verbSorted eortttStarts with TEnds with R1 cluesCommon crossword word
1T2O3T4T5E6R

Definitions

  1. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

Word origin

From Middle English totren, toteren, from earlier *tolteren (compare dialectal English tolter (“to struggle, flounder”); Scots tolter (“unstable, wonky”)), from Old English tealtrian (“to totter, vacillate”), from Proto-Germanic *taltrōną, a frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *taltōną (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”).

Used in a sentence

  • The baby tottered from the table to the chair.
  • The old man tottered out of the pub into the street.
  • The car tottered on the edge of the cliff.

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