totter

Betekenis (Engels)

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.

Concepten

waggelen

wankelen

aarzelen

schromen

😨

dubben

weifelen

wiebelen

zwichten

schoorvoeten

struikelen

twijfelen

valpartij

tuimeling

Synoniemen

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

Vertalingen

chanceler

schwanken

barcollare

torkeln

taumeln

wackeln

tambalear

vacilar

vacilar

titubear

trontollar

cambalear

zagen

mostrar indecisió

zaudern

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/ˈtɒtə/

Etymologie (Engels)

Overgenomen van Middelengels: totren

Verwant aan Schots: tolter

Overgenomen van Oudengels: tealtrian

Verwant aan Nederlands: touteren

Verwant aan Noors: -

Verwant aan Noord-Fries: 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.