transcription, транскрипция: [ tɒtə(r) ]
( totters, tottering, tottered)
1.
If someone totters somewhere, they walk there in an unsteady way, for example because they are ill or drunk.
He tottered to the fridge, got a beer and slumped at the table...
VERB : V prep / adv
2.
If something such as a market or government is tottering , it is weak and likely to collapse or fail completely.
The property market is tottering.
...further criticism of the tottering government.
VERB : V , V-ing