totter UK /ˈtɒtə/US /ˈtɑtɚ/verb 3noun 2forms 3 verb3 •To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.The baby tottered from the table to the chair.The old man tottered out of the pub into the street. •(figurative) To be on the brink of collapse.[…]the folly of this Iland, they say there's but fiue vpon this Isle ; we are three of them, if th' other two be brain'd like vs, the State totters. — 1610 •(no longer used) To collect junk or scrap. noun2 •An unsteady movement or gait. •(no longer used) A rag and bone man. formstottered · tottering · totters
