totter

Significat (Anglès)

Verb

1. (intransitive) To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.
2. (figuratively, intransitive) To be on the brink of collapse.
3. (archaic, intransitive) To collect junk or scrap.

Noun

1. (intransitive) An unsteady movement or gait.
2. (archaic, intransitive) A rag and bone man.

Conceptes

trontollar

mostrar indecisió

titubejar

oscil·lar

hesitar

balancejar

caminar com un ànec

balendrejar

balandrejar

balancejar-se

trontollejar

culejar

remenar el cul

Sinònims

stagger

sway

wobble

reel

lurch

waddle

teeter

toddle

falter

stumble

waver

shake

🫨

tremble

dodder

pitch

coggle

rock

🪨

vacillate

paddle

be unsteady

seesaw

roll

wiggle

careen

flounder

hesitate

shaky

slip

swag

tilt

be lopsided

rock to and fro

move over

bumble

shamble

shillyshally

slip and fall

lunge

stalk

lumber

unsteady on one’s feet

swagger

loose

swing

limp

teeter-totter

tergiversate

stagger around

hickey horse

keel

Traduccions

chanceler

schwanken

barcollare

torkeln

tambalear

waggelen

wankelen

taumeln

wackeln

vacilar

vacilar

aarzelen

cambalear

titubear

titubare

Pronunciat com a (IPA)

/ˈtɒtə/

Etimologia (Anglès)

Heretat de anglès mitjà: totren

Cognat amb escocès: tolter

Heretat de anglès antic: tealtrian

Cognat amb neerlandès: touteren

Cognat amb noruec: -

Cognat amb frisó septentrional: talt

In summary

From Middle English totren, toteren, from earlier *tolteren (compare dialectal English tolter (“to struggle, flounder”); Scots tolter (“unstable, wonky”)), from Old English tealtrian (“to totter, vacillate”), from Proto-Germanic *taltrōną, a frequentative form of Proto-Germanic *taltōną (“to sway, dangle, hesitate”), from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (“to shake, hesitate”).
Cognate with Dutch touteren (“to tremble”), Norwegian dialectal totra (“to quiver, shake”), North Frisian talt, tolt (“unstable, shaky”). Related to tilt.