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1 totter
['totə](to move unsteadily as if about to fall: The building tottered and collapsed; He tottered down the road.) riða (til falls) -
2 flicker
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3 stagger
['stæɡə]1) (to sway, move or walk unsteadily: The drunk man staggered along the road.) skjögra2) (to astonish: I was staggered to hear he had died.) slá út af laginu3) (to arrange (people's hours of work, holidays etc) so that they do not begin and end at the same times.) víxlraða; hagræða•
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wobble — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. roll, rock, stagger, reel, lurch, yaw, sway; teeter, totter, flounder; hesitate, waver, quaver. See oscillation, agitation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. shake, quaver, flounder, vacillate, tremble, quiver … English dictionary for students
teeter — /tee teuhr/, Chiefly Northern U.S. v.i. 1. to move unsteadily. 2. to ride a seesaw; teetertotter. v.t. 3. to tip (something) up and down; move unsteadily. n. 4. a seesaw motion; wobble. 5. a seesaw; teetertotter. [1835 45; var. of dial. titter,… … Universalium
coggle — verb 1. walk unsteadily small children toddle • Syn: ↑toddle, ↑totter, ↑dodder, ↑paddle, ↑waddle • Derivationally related forms: ↑waddle ( … Useful english dictionary
wobble — wob|ble [ˈwɔbəl US ˈwa: ] v [Date: 1600 1700; Origin: Probably from Low German wabbeln] 1.) [I and T] to move unsteadily from side to side, or make something do this ▪ The pile of bricks wobbled and fell. ▪ Tom stopped, wobbling from the weight… … Dictionary of contemporary English
wobble — verb 1 (I, T) to move unsteadily from side to side, or make something do this: The pile of bricks wobbled and fell. | His fat thighs wobbled as he ran along. | wobble sth: Stop wobbling the table with your foot. 2 (intransitive always + adv/prep) … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
seesaw — I noun a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end • Syn: ↑teeter, ↑teeter totter, ↑teetertotter, ↑teeterboard, ↑tilting board, ↑dandle board … Useful english dictionary
stumble — stumble, trip, blunder, lurch, flounder, lumber, galumph, lollop, bumble can mean to move unsteadily, clumsily, or with defective equilibrium (as in walking, in doing, or in proceeding). Stumble, trip, blunder, lurch, and flounder as applied to… … New Dictionary of Synonyms
reel — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English hrēol; akin to Old Norse hræll weaver s reed, Greek krekein to weave Date: before 12th century 1. a revolvable device on which something flexible is wound: as a. a small windlass at the butt of… … New Collegiate Dictionary
wave — English has two words wave, distinct in origin, which have grown to resemble each other over the centuries. The verb, ‘move to and fro’ [OE], goes back to a prehistoric Germanic base *wab , which also produced English waver [14] (borrowed from… … The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins
swim — {{11}}swim (n.) 1540s, the clear part of any liquid (above the sediment), from SWIM (Cf. swim) (v.). Meaning part of a river or stream frequented by fish (and hence fishermen) is from 1828, and is probably the source of the figurative meaning the … Etymology dictionary
wobble — (v.) 1650s, probably from Low Ger. wabbeln to wobble; cognate with O.N. vafla hover about, totter, related to vafra move unsteadily, from P.Gmc. *wab to move back and forth (see WAVER (Cf. waver)). The noun is attested from 1690s … Etymology dictionary
