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- becoming weaker, and likely to fail or end: It was the last decision of a tottering government.
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TOTTERING definition: walking unsteadily or shakily | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.
Definitions of 'totter'. 1. If someone totters somewhere, they walk there in an unsteady way, for example because they are ill or drunk. [...] 2. If something such as a market or government is tottering, it is weak and likely to collapse or fail completely. [...] More.
The earliest known use of the noun tottering is in the Middle English period (1150—1500). OED's earliest evidence for tottering is from before 1387, in a translation by John Trevisa, translator. tottering is formed within English, by derivation.
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There is one meaning in OED's entry for the adjective tottering. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definition, usage, and quotation evidence.
Tottering definition: walking unsteadily or shakily.. See examples of TOTTERING used in a sentence.