tolter

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English

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Etymology

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From Middle English *tolteren, from Old English tealtrian (to totter, vacillate), from Proto-Germanic *taltrōną, *taltōną (to sway, dangle, hesitate), from Proto-Indo-European *del-, *dul- (to shake, hesitate). Doublet of totter.

Verb

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tolter (third-person singular simple present tolters, present participle toltering, simple past and past participle toltered)

  1. (UK, dialect) To flounder about.

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