Tōt'ter, v. i.

v. i. [imp. & p. p. TOTTERED; p. pr. & vb. n. TOTTERING.] [Allied to Prov. Ger. tattern, dattern, dottern, to tremble, shake, Eng. titter, didder, dudder. Cf. D. touteren, to swing, rock, shake, A-S. tealttrian, to vacillate.]

1. To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; as, an old man totters with age.
2. To shake; to reel; to lean.

Troy nods from high, and totters to her fall. Dryden.