stoiterv.
/ˈstɔɪtə/, U.S. /ˈstɔɪdər/, Scottish English /ˈstɔɪtər/ Scottish and northern.
intransitive. To swerve from side to side in walking; to walk with staggering or tottering steps; also with up.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > unsteadily
wiggle?c1225
walter1399
falterc1400
stammerc1400
dotterc1475
stavera1500
stumblea1500
reel1529
scamblec1571
halper1596
totter1602
folder1607
wamble1611
to make a Virginia fence1671
wandle1686
fribble1709
rock1718
stoit1719
stoiter1724
swagger1724
doddle1761
stotter1781
toit1786
doiter1793
stot1801
dodder1819
twaddle1823
teeter1844
shoggle1884
welter1884
warple1887
whemmel1895
1724 A. Ramsay Vision in Ever Green I. xix They stoyter hame to sleip.
?a1786 R. Burns Poems & Songs (1968) I. 199 At length wi' drink an' courting dizzy, He stoiter'd up an' made a face.
1837 R. Nicoll Poems (1843) 91 Now wi' a staff about the dykes, He stoiters, auld, and beld and wan.
1893–4 R. L. Stevenson Heathercat ii Poor, blind, besotted creature—and I see you stoytering on the brink of dissolution.
Derivatives
ˈstoitering adj. staggering, tottering.
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the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] > reeling or staggering
stackeringa1561
staggering1575
wavelling1637
reeling1697
stoiteringa1774
a1774 R. Fergusson Poems (1785) 196 Till he can lend the stoitering state a lift Wi' gowd in gowpins as a grassum gift.
stoiter n. a stumble; to play stoiter, to stagger.
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the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > [noun] > manner of walking > stumbling > a stumble
spurnc1390
stumble1547
snappera1572
trip1681
stoiter1838
the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)] > lurch
wrickc1305
swagger1724
ricket1827
lurch1851
stumble1873
to play stoit1881
to play stoiter1890
1838 A. Rodger Poems & Songs 59 While wauchlin' alang between sober and fou, Wi' a stoiter to this side, to that side a stap.
1890 J. Service Thir Notandums vi. 31 Laird Speckie played stoiter to a corner and fell asleep.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1917; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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