TOTTERING
Dictionary entry overview: What does tottering mean? • TOTTERING (adjective)
The adjective TOTTERING has 2 senses:
1. unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age
2. (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse
Familiarity information: TOTTERING used as an adjective is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• TOTTERING (adjective)
Meaning:
Unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age
Synonyms:
tottering; tottery
Context examples:
a tottering skeleton of a horse / a tottery old man
Similar:
unsteady (subject to change or variation)
Meaning:
(of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse
Context example:
a tottering empire
Similar:
unstable (lacking stability or fixity or firmness)
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