totters

We have found lemma(root) word of totters : totter.

Definitions


[ˈtɒtə], (Verb)

Definitions:
- move in a feeble or unsteady way
(e.g: a hunched figure was tottering down the path)

- (of a structure) shake or sway as if about to collapse
(e.g: the building began to totter and then the roof gave way)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Middle Dutch touteren ‘to swing’ (the original sense in English)


[ˈtɒtə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a feeble or unsteady gait


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English: from Middle Dutch touteren ‘to swing’ (the original sense in English)


[ˈtɒtə], (Noun)

Definitions:
- a person who makes a living by salvaging saleable items from dustbins or rubbish heaps
(e.g: Coney Street in York was a totter's paradise on Tuesday morning)


Phrases:

Origin:
late 19th century: from tot




definition by Oxford Dictionaries