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  • present participle of totter.
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tottering

[tot-er-ing] / ˈtɒt ər ɪŋ /




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This is a comic epic of bursting balloons and black eyes, tipsy aunts and tottering uncles, an errant mouse and driving snows.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 19, 2025

But just as the left-hander was getting going, Starc pounced again, trapping him lbw for 21 to leave England tottering on 33-2.

From Barron's • Nov. 21, 2025

The singer’s sweeping eyeliner, tottering heels and disheveled beehive are still instantly recognizable, 13 years after her death.

From New York Times • May 16, 2024

Rimal, the chubby-cheeked baby, recently began tottering around on her own two feet.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 20, 2023

Two wooden gates hung open, and from the other side of the road, Alex could see a shed with a security window and beyond it the tottering piles of dead and broken cars.

From "Stormbreaker" by Anthony Horowitz




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