totter

(noun, verb)

noun

1. an unsteady movement or gait

2. (archaic) A rag and bone man.

verb

1. move without being stable, as if threatening to fall

- The drunk man tottered over to our table

Definition categories: motion, rock, shake, sway

2. walk unsteadily

Similar word(s): coggle, dodder, paddle, toddle, waddle

Definition categories: motion, walk

3. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

Similar word(s): seesaw, teeter

Definition categories: motion, move

Sentences with totter as a verb:

- The baby tottered from the table to the chair.

- The old man tottered out of the pub into the street.

- The car tottered on the edge of the cliff.