totter

Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

tot·ter [totter totters tottered tottering] BrE [ˈtɒtə(r)] NAmE [ˈtɑːttər] verb
1. intransitive (+ adv./prep.) to walk or move with weak unsteady steps, especially because you are drunk or ill/sick
Syn: ↑stagger
•She managed to totter back to her seat.
2. intransitive to be weak and seem likely to fall
•the tottering walls of the castle
• (figurative)a tottering dictatorship
Verb forms:

Word Origin:
Middle English: from Middle Dutch touteren ‘to swing’ (the original sense in English).

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  teeter, seesaw, toddle, coggle, dodder, paddle, waddle