— totterer , n.
/tot"euhr/ , v.i.
1. to walk or go with faltering steps, as if from extreme weakness.
2. to sway or rock on the base or ground, as if about to fall: The tower seemed to totter in the wind. The government was tottering.
3. to shake or tremble: a load that tottered.
n.
4. the act of tottering; an unsteady movement or gait.
[ 1150-1200; ME toteren to swing ]
Syn. 1. See stagger. 2. waver. 3. oscillate, quiver.