verb

1. To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.

   “The baby tottered from the table to the chair.”

2. To be on the brink of collapse.

3. To collect junk or scrap.

Synonyms: reel, stagger, sway, teeter, toddle

noun

1. The movement of one who totters.

Synonyms: precarious, rickety, shaky, unsafe, unstable, unsteady, wobbly

adjective

1. Unsteady, precarious or rickety.

2. Unstable, insecure or wobbly.