totter

English - Turkish

Definition of totter in English Turkish dictionary: yalpalamak; sendelemek; sendele; sallantıda olan; sallanmak totteringly z; sendeleyerek totterysarsak; yalpalama; yalpala; {f} sallanmak; sendelemek; {f} sendeleyerek gitmek
totter to it's fall: düşmek üzere olmak
totter to one's grave: yavaş yavaş ölüme gitmek
tottering: {f} sendele
stagger, totter, shaky, topple: sendeleme, titrek, sendelemek devirmek
stumble, bumble, totter: Sendelemek bumble rastlamak
teeter-totter: sallanmak-sendelemek
tottering: sendeleyen
tottering: sendeleyerek
tottering: Sendeleme
totterer: yalpalayan kimse
tottering: sarsak

English - English

Definition of totter in English English dictionary: A rag and bone man; To walk,move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall
The car tottered on the edge of the cliff.; an unsteady movement or gait; To collect junk or scrap; {v} to shake, to be in danger of falling; move without being stable, as if threatening to fall; "The drunk man tottered over to our table; move unsteadily, with a rocking motion; If someone totters somewhere, they walk there in an unsteady way, for example because they are ill or drunk. He tottered to the fridge, got a beer and slumped at the table; To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver; walk unsteadily; "small children toddle"; If something such as a market or government is tottering, it is weak and likely to collapse or fail completely. The property market is tottering. further criticism of the tottering government; {f} stagger, wobble, tremble, sway; To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; as, an old man totters with age; move without being stable, as if threatening to fall; "The drunk man tottered over to our table"; a very cool person
teeter-totter: A seesaw; a piece of playground equipment consisting of a long board with seats at either end, with a pivot point in the center
tottering: Unsteady, precarious or rickety
tottering: Present participle of totter
To totter: fribble
teeter-totter: a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
teeter-totter: a large toy like a board on which two children sit, one at each end British Equivalent: seesaw
teeter-totter: board which has a central base and a seat at both ends on which two people (usually children) sit and take turns going up into the air
tottered: past of totter
totterer: {i} unsteady person or thing
totterer: One who totters
tottering: unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; "a tottering skeleton of a horse"; "a tottery old man
tottering: unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age; "a tottering skeleton of a horse"; "a tottery old man"
tottering: unstable, insecure or wobbly
tottering: (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse; "a tottering empire"

totter

Hyphenation

tot·ter

Turkish pronunciation

tätır

Synonyms

teeter, toddle, sway, blunder, careen, dodder, falter, flounder, hesitate, lurch, quake, quiver, reel, rock, roll

Pronunciation

/ˈtätər/ /ˈtɑːtɜr/

Etymology

[ 'tä-t&r ] (intransitive verb.) 15th century. From Middle English totren, toteren, from earlier *tolteren (compare English dialectal tolter (“to struggle, flounder”); Scots tolter (“unstable, wonky”)), from Old English tealtrian (“to totter, vacillate”), from Proto-Germanic *taltrōjanan, *taltōjanan (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”). Cognate with Dutch touteren (“to tremble”), North Frisian talt, tolt (“unstable, shaky”). Related to tilt.