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Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

tottering

/tˈɑtɚɪŋ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.17 in modern English

Syllables
tot-ter-ing
IPA
/tˈɑtɚɪŋ/
10
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
3
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of totter

adj

Unsteady, precarious or rickety.

adj

Unstable, insecure or wobbly.

noun

The movement of one who totters.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

more tottering (comparative) most tottering (superlative) totterings (plural)

Derived Forms

totteringly untottering

Synonyms

precarious rickety shaky unsteady unsafe unstable wobbly tottery

Rhymes With

wotring

Questions

How do you pronounce tottering?
The recorded pronunciation is /tˈɑtɚɪŋ/.
What does tottering mean?
present participle and gerund of totter

How to pronounce tottering

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