English verb: totter | |||
| 1. | totter (motion) move without being stable, as if threatening to fall | ||
| Samples | The drunk man tottered over to our table. | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s. Somebody ----s. Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | rock, shake, sway | ||
| 2. | totter (motion) walk unsteadily | ||
| Samples | Small children toddle. | ||
| Examples | The children totter to the playground | ||
| Synonyms | coggle, dodder, paddle, toddle, waddle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | walk | ||
| 3. | totter (motion) move unsteadily, with a rocking motion | ||
| Synonyms | seesaw, teeter | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | move | ||