ADJECTIVE | all | tottering, tottery | unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age |
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all | tottering | (of structures or institutions) having lost stability |
Sounds | taa'terihng | |
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Rhymes | abducting ... zoning: 2044 rhymes with ihng... |
Meaning | unsteady in gait as from infirmity or old age. | |
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Example | "a tottering skeleton of a horse" | |
Synonym | tottery | |
Broader | unsteady | subject to change or variation |
Spanish | tambaleante, tembloroso |
Meaning | (of structures or institutions) having lost stability; failing or on the point of collapse. | |
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Example | "a tottering empire" | |
Broader | unstable | lacking stability or fixity / fixity or firmness |
Spanish | tambaleante |
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