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Tottering
is always a great word to know.
So is slumgullion. Does it mean:
| a stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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verb (used without object)
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.
noun
4.
the act of tottering; an unsteady movement or gait.
Origin:
1150–1200; Middle English toteren to swing < ?
1150–1200; Middle English toteren to swing < ?
Related forms
tot·ter·er, noun
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