atotter
atotter adjective: in the act of tottering.
Adjective
atotter (comparative more atotter, superlative most atotter)
- In the act of tottering.
- The following day on the track south they began to encounter small ragged caravans of migrant traders headed toward the northern border. Brown and weathered men with burros three or four in tandem atotter with loads of candelilla or furs or goathides or coils of handmade rope fashioned out of...1992, Cormac McCarthy, All the Pretty Horses, →ISBN, page 67
- The nest breast wobbles in the westerly wind, the day is a grave, its eight black legs atotter under the pall.1999, Robert Wrigley, Reign of Snakes
Forms of atotter
| comparative | more atotter |
|---|---|
| superlative | most atotter |
Origin of atotter
From a- + totter.
Questions about atotter
- What does atotter mean?
- Atotter means in the act of tottering.
- What part of speech is atotter?
- Atotter is an adjective.
Words near atotter in the dictionary
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