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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Totter \Tot"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tottered; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Tottering.] [Probably for older tolter; cf. AS.
     tealtrian to totter, vacillate. Cf.{Tilt to incline,
     Toddle, Tottle, Totty.]
     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.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall.
                                                    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Totter \Tot"ter\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Tottered; p. pr. & vb.
     n. Tottering.] [Probably for older tolter; cf. AS.
     tealtrian to totter, vacillate. Cf.{Tilt to incline,
     Toddle, Tottle, Totty.]
     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.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  totter
       v 1: move without being stable, as if threatening to fall; "The
            drunk man tottered over to our table"
       2: walk unsteadily; "small children toddle" [syn: toddle, coggle,
           dodder, paddle, waddle]
       3: move unsteadily, with a rocking motion [syn: teeter, seesaw]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  totter
     n.
     1 An unsteady movement or gait.
     2 (lb en archaic) A rag and bone man.
     vb.
     To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to
  fall.

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Totter
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  totter
     n.
     1 An unsteady movement or gait.
     2 (lb en archaic) A rag and bone man.
     vb.
     To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to
  fall.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Totter
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  totter
     n.
     1 An unsteady movement or gait.
     2 (lb en archaic) A rag and bone man.
     vb.
     To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to
  fall.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Totter
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  totter
     n.
     1 An unsteady movement or gait.
     2 (lb en archaic) A rag and bone man.
     vb.
     To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to
  fall.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Totter
     n.
     (surname en from=German).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  totter
     Englanti vb.
     1 horjua, hoiperrella
     2 (kuva) horjua

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  totter
     Engelska vb.
     vackla, stappla, gå ostadigt, snubbla

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Totter /tˈɒtə/
  ترنّح

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  totter //ˈtɑtɚ// //ˈtɒtə// 
  залитане
  unsteady movement

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  totter //ˈtɑtɚ// //ˈtɒtə// 
  залитам, клатя се
  move or stand unsteadily

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  totter /tˈɒtə/ 
  vrávorat

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  totter /tˈɒtə/ 
  haldian 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  totter /tˈɒtə/ 
  haldio 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  totter /tˈɒtə/ 
  honcio 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  totter /tˈɒtə/ 
  simsan 

From Eurfa Saesneg, English-Welsh Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 :   [ freedict:eng-cym ]

  totter /tˈɒtə/ 
  simsanu 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  totter /tˈɒtə/ 
  torkeln, wanken, stolpern 
        "totter from crisis to crisis"  - von Krise zu Krise schlittern, von einer Krise in die andere schlittern
   see: tottering, totterred, totters, tottered
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  totter /tˈɒtə/ 
  wackeln 
   see: tottering, tottered, totters, tottered
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  totter /tˈɒtə/
  
  τρεκλίζω, ταλαντεύομαι

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  totter //ˈtɑtɚ// //ˈtɒtə// 
  hoipunta, horjunta
  unsteady movement

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  totter //ˈtɑtɚ// //ˈtɒtə// 
  hoippua, horjua
  move or stand unsteadily

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  totter /tˈɒtə/ 
  1. लडखड़ाना
        "The drunkard tottered across the road."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  totter /tˈɒtə/
  kolebati se, teturati se

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  totter /tˈɒtə/
  támolygás

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  totter /ˈtɒtə/ 
   1.  zataczać się
   2.  chwiać się

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  totter /tˈɒtə/
  1. sendelemek, yalpalamak, sallanmak totteringly  .sendeleyerek tottery  sarsak
  2. sallantıda olan.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈtɑtɝ/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  199 Moby Thesaurus words for "totter":
     age, alternate, amble, back and fill, barge, blunder, bowl along,
     break down, bundle, capsize, careen, career, cave in, change,
     cheat the undertaker, claudicate, clump, collapse, come a cropper,
     cower, crawl, creep, decline, dither, dodder, dogtrot, drag,
     drag along, drag out, droop, ebb and flow, equivocate, fade, fail,
     fall, fall down, fall flat, fall headlong, fall in, fall over,
     fall prostrate, falter, flounce, flounder, fluctuate, foot,
     footslog, founder, gait, gallop, get a cropper, get along, get on,
     go dead slow, go slow, go through phases, grow old, halt,
     hippety-hop, hitch, hobble, hop, idle, inch, inch along, jog,
     jog-trot, jolt, jump, labor, laze, limp, list, lock step, lumber,
     lunge, lurch, mince, mincing steps, mosey, oscillate, pace, paddle,
     peg, pendulate, piaffe, piaffer, pitch, pitch and plunge, plod,
     plunge, poke, poke along, prance, quake, quiver, rack, reel,
     ring the changes, rock, roll, sashay, saunter, scuff, scuffle,
     scuttle, seesaw, seethe, shake, shamble, shift, shilly-shally,
     shimmy, shiver, shrivel, shuffle, shuffle along, sidle,
     single-foot, sink, skip, slink, slither, slog, slouch, slowness,
     sprawl, spread-eagle, stagger, stagger along, stalk, stammer,
     stamp, step, stomp, straddle, straggle, stride, stroll,
     strolling gait, struggle, strut, stumble, stump, swagger, sway,
     swing, take a fall, take a flop, take a header, take a pratfall,
     take a spill, teeter, teeter-totter, tergiversate, thrash about,
     tilt, tittup, toddle, toddle along, topple, topple over, toss,
     toss and tumble, toss and turn, totter along, traipse, tread,
     tremble, trip, trot, trudge, tumble, turn, turn gray, turn turtle,
     turn white, vacillate, vary, velocity, volutation, waddle, walk,
     wallop, wallow, wamble, wane, waste away, waver, wax and wane,
     welter, wheel, wiggle, wither, wizen, wobble, worm, worm along,
     wrinkle
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 蹒跚,动摇;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vi. 蹒跚,动摇
     n. 蹒跚的步子

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