v. & n.
--v.intr.
1. stand or walk unsteadily or feebly (tottered out of the pub).
2 a (of a building etc.) shake or rock as if about to collapse. b (of a system of government etc.) be about to fall.
--n. an unsteady or shaky movement or gait.
Derivatives:
totterer n. tottery adj.
Etymology: ME f. MDu. touteren to swing