totter
verb (used without object)
to walk or go with faltering, unsteady steps.
totters
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present tense formof totter (3rd person singular).present tense
Used to describe things happening now or regularly.
Example Sentences
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Coaxed and tugged by rangers, a blindfolded giraffe totters into the specialised vehicle that will transport it away from an increasingly hostile environment to a new home in Kenya's eastern Rift Valley.
From Barron's ● Nov. 17, 2025
Ultimately it totters too far to one side, but there is still the primal nail-biting need to know what-the-hell-is-going-on.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2020
“If the state totters, those with nasty memories of life under the Taliban will fight on.”
From The Guardian ● Sep. 3, 2019
The lithe Alan Naylor, in drag as the rapacious talent agent Sylvia St. Croix, sets the frothy tone as he totters on high heels and wearing fur.
From Washington Post ● Oct. 18, 2016
In front of him totters a German officer in field dress.
From "All the Light We Cannot See" by Anthony Doerr
