TOTTERING Synonyms

• lacking stability or fixity or firmness

• highly or violently reactive

• affording no ease or reassurance

• suffering from severe mental illness

• disposed to psychological variability

• subject to change; variable

• subject to change or variation

• not firmly or solidly positioned

• a member of the Industrial Workers of the World

• inclined to shake as from weakness or defect

• a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end

• move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

• walk unsteadily, with short steps

• walk unsteadily, with short steps

• move unsteadily

• a leafless annual parasitic vine of the genus Cuscuta having whitish or yellow filamentous stems; obtain nourishment through haustoria

• walk unsteadily, with short steps

• small wooden bat with a flat surface; used for hitting balls in various games

• a blade of a paddle wheel or water wheel

• an instrument of punishment consisting of a flat board

• a short light oar used without an oarlock to propel a canoe or small boat

• propel with a paddle

• play in or as if in water, as of small children

• swim like a dog in shallow water

• walk unsteadily, with short steps

• give a spanking to; subject to a spanking

• stir with a paddle

• affording no ease or reassurance

• fraught with danger

• not secure; beset with difficulties

• a roll of photographic film holding a series of frames to be projected by a movie projector

• music composed for dancing a reel

• winder consisting of a revolving spool with a handle; attached to a fishing rod

• a winder around which thread or tape or film or other flexible materials can be wound

• a lively dance of Scottish Highlanders; marked by circular moves and gliding steps

• an American country dance which starts with the couples facing each other in two lines

• walk as if unable to control one's movements

• revolve quickly and repeatedly around one's own axis

• wind onto or off a reel

• inclined to shake as from weakness or defect

• affected with, suffering from, or characteristic of rickets

• lacking bodily or muscular strength or vitality

• a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end

• ride on a plank

• move up and down as if on a seesaw

• move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

• an unsteady uneven gait

• walk as if unable to control one's movements

• walk with great difficulty

• to arrange in a systematic order

• astound or overwhelm, as with shock

• controlling influence

• pitching dangerously to one side

• move back and forth or sideways

• move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner

• win approval or support for

• cause to move back and forth

• lacking in security or safety

• involving or causing danger or risk; liable to hurt or harm

• not safe from attack

• walking with short steps and the weight tilting from one foot to the other

• walk unsteadily, with short steps