tottering

(noun, adjective, verb)

adjective

1. unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age

- a tottering skeleton of a horse

- a tottery old man

Similar word(s): unsteady, tottery

2. (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse

- a tottering empire

Similar word(s): unstable

noun

1. The movement of one who totters.

verb

1. present participle of totter