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1 totter
totter vi [person] chanceler, vaciller ; ( drunkenly) tituber ; [baby] trébucher ; [pile of books, building] chanceler, vaciller ; fig [regime, government] chanceler ; to totter in/out entrer/sortir en vacillant ; a country tottering on the brink of civil war un pays qui bascule dans la guerre civile. -
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totter ['tɒtə(r)]∎ he tottered down the stairs il descendit les escaliers en chancelant;∎ the child tottered into/out of the room l'enfant est entré dans/sorti de la pièce d'un pas mal assuré2 nounvacillement m; (gait) démarche f titubante ou chancelante;∎ with a totter d'un pas chancelant, en chancelant -
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totter [ˈtɒtər][object, column, chimney stack] vaciller ; [government] chanceler* * *['tɒtə(r)]intransitive verb [person, regime, government] chanceler; ( drunkenly) tituber; [baby] trébucher; [pile of books, building] chanceler -
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['totə](to move unsteadily as if about to fall: The building tottered and collapsed; He tottered down the road.) vaciller, chanceler -
5 teeter-totter
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stagger ['stægə(r)](totter → person, horse) chanceler, tituber;∎ to stagger with tiredness chanceler de fatigue;∎ to stagger out sortir en chancelant ou titubant;∎ I staggered over to the chair je me suis dirigé vers la chaise d'un pas chancelant;∎ I staggered under the weight je titubais sous le poids;∎ we staggered into bed at 3 o'clock in the morning nous nous sommes écroulés sur nos lits à 3 heures du matin∎ they plan to bring in staggered working hours ils ont l'intention de mettre en place un système d'échelonnement des heures de travail;∎ employees' vacation times are staggered over the summer months les vacances du personnel sont étalées sur tout l'été;∎ lampposts were staggered along the street la rue était jalonnée de réverbères∎ I was staggered to learn of his decision j'ai été stupéfait d'apprendre sa décision3 noun(totter) pas m chancelant;∎ he got up with a stagger il s'est levé en chancelant(in diver) ivresse f des profondeurs; -
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teeter [ˈti:tər][person] chanceler ; [pile] vaciller* * *['tiːtə(r)]intransitive verb vacillerto teeter on the edge ou brink of something — fig être au bord de quelque chose
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10 topple
topple ['tɒpəl]∎ the whole pile toppled over toute la pile s'est effondrée;∎ he toppled over backwards il a perdu l'équilibre et est tombé en arrière;∎ he toppled into the pool/over the edge of the cliff il a culbuté dans la piscine/par-dessus la falaise(a) (cause to fall) faire tomber, faire basculer(b) figurative renverser;∎ the scandal almost toppled the government ce scandale a failli faire tomber le gouvernement
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Totter — Tot ter, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Tottered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Tottering}.] [Probably for older tolter; cf. AS. tealtrian to totter, vacillate. Cf.{Tilt} to incline, {Toddle}, {Tottle}, {Totty}.] 1. To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
totter — index vacillate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
totter — (v.) c.1200, swing to and fro, perhaps from a Scandinavian source (Cf. dialectal Norw. totra to quiver, shake ). Meaning stand or walk with shaky, unsteady steps is from c.1600. Related: Tottered; tottering … Etymology dictionary
totter — 1 *shake, tremble, quake, quaver, quiver, shiver, shudder, wobble, teeter, shimmy, dither Analogous words: rock, agitate, *shake, convulse: sway, *swing, fluctuate, oscillate, waver 2 *reel, stagger, whirl Analogous words: * … New Dictionary of Synonyms
totter — [v] move falteringly blunder, careen, dodder, falter, flounder, hesitate, lurch, quake, quiver, reel, rock, roll, seesaw, shake, shimmy, slide, slip, stagger, stammer, stumble, sway, teeter, topple, tremble, trip, walk unsteadily, waver, weave,… … New thesaurus
totter — ► VERB 1) move in an unsteady way. 2) shake or rock as if about to collapse. 3) be insecure or on the point of failure. ► NOUN ▪ a tottering gait. DERIVATIVES tottery adjective. ORIGIN … English terms dictionary
totter — [tät′ər] vi. [ME toteren, prob. < Scand, as in Norw dial. totra, to quiver, shake] 1. a) to rock or shake as if about to fall; be unsteady b) to be on the point of failure or collapse 2. to be unsteady on one s feet; stagger n. an unsteady… … English World dictionary
totter — Synonyms and related words: age, alternate, amble, back and fill, barge, blunder, bowl along, break down, bundle, capsize, careen, career, cave in, change, cheat the undertaker, claudicate, clump, collapse, come a cropper, cower, crawl, creep,… … Moby Thesaurus
totter — UK [ˈtɒtə(r)] / US [ˈtɑtər] verb [intransitive] Word forms totter : present tense I/you/we/they totter he/she/it totters present participle tottering past tense tottered past participle tottered 1) to stand or move in a way that is not steady… … English dictionary
totter — totterer, n. /tot euhr/, v.i. 1. to walk or go with faltering steps, as if from extreme weakness. 2. to sway or rock on the base or ground, as if about to fall: The tower seemed to totter in the wind. The government was tottering. 3. to shake or… … Universalium
totter — 1. noun /ˈtɒtə,ˈtɑːtɚ/ a) an unsteady movement or gait b) A rag and bone man. 2. verb /ˈtɒtə,ˈtɑːtɚ/ a) To walk,move or … Wiktionary