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tottertotter /ˈtɑt̮ɚ/ verb [intransitive] ETYMOLOGYtotterOrigin: 1200-1300 Perhaps from a Scandinavian language VERB TABLEtotter |
| Present | I, you, we, they | totter | | he, she, it | totters | | Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | tottered | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have tottered | | he, she, it | has tottered | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had tottered | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will totter | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have tottered |
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| Present | I | am tottering | | he, she, it | is tottering | | you, we, they | are tottering | | Past | I, he, she, it | was tottering | | you, we, they | were tottering | | Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been tottering | | he, she, it | has been tottering | | Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been tottering | | Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be tottering | | Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been tottering |
► totter on the edge/brink of something Today the country totters on the edge of economic disaster. 1to walk or move in an unsteady way from side to side as if you are going to fall over2if a political system or organization totters, it becomes less strong and is likely to stop working: totter on the edge/brink of something Today the country totters on the edge of economic disaster.3if something such as a building totters, it moves and looks as if it is going to fall over—tottering adjective |