[tot-er] 
| 1. | to walk or go with faltering steps, as if from extreme weakness. |
| 2. | to sway or rock on the base or ground, as if about to fall: The tower seemed to totter in the wind. The government was tottering. |
| 3. | to shake or tremble: a load that tottered. |
| 4. | the act of tottering; an unsteady movement or gait. |
| tot·ter (tŏt'ər) intr.v. tot·tered, tot·ter·ing, tot·ters
[Middle English toteren, perhaps of Scandinavian origin.] tot'ter·er n., tot'ter·y adj. |
