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• totter — [[t]tɒ̱tə(r)[/t]] totters, tottering, tottered 1) VERB If someone totters somewhere, they walk there in an unsteady way, for example because they are ill or drunk. [V prep/adv] He tottered to the fridge, got a beer and slumped at the table... [V… …   English dictionary

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• festination — SYN: festinating gait. [L. festino, to hasten] * * * n. the short tottering steps that characterize the gait of a patient with parkinsonism. * * * fes·ti·na·tion (fes″tĭ naґshən) [L. festinatio] an involuntary tendency to take… …   Medical dictionary

• Toddle — Tod dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toddling}.] [Akin to tottle, totter.] To walk with short, tottering steps, as a child. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Toddled — Toddle Tod dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toddling}.] [Akin to tottle, totter.] To walk with short, tottering steps, as a child. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Toddling — Toddle Tod dle, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Toddled}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Toddling}.] [Akin to tottle, totter.] To walk with short, tottering steps, as a child. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• toddle — intransitive verb (toddled; toddling) Etymology: origin unknown Date: circa 1600 1. to walk with short tottering steps in the manner of a young child 2. to take a stroll ; saunter • toddle noun …   New Collegiate Dictionary

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• festination — n. the short tottering steps that characterize the gait of a patient with parkinsonism …   The new mediacal dictionary

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• totter — /ˈtɒtə / (say totuh) verb (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: a tottering tower; a tottering government. 3. to shake or tremble: a tottering load.… …