"tottle" meaning in English

See tottle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: tottles [present, singular, third-person], tottling [participle, present], tottled [participle, past], tottled [past]
Etymology: Compare toddle and totter. Etymology templates: {{m|en|toddle}} toddle, {{m|en|totter}} totter Head templates: {{en-verb}} tottle (third-person singular simple present tottles, present participle tottling, simple past and past participle tottled)
  1. (colloquial, intransitive) To walk in a wavering, unsteady manner. Tags: colloquial, intransitive
    Sense id: en-tottle-en-verb-sJAyDL1t
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Verb

Forms: tottles [present, singular, third-person], tottling [participle, present], tottled [participle, past], tottled [past]
Etymology: From total. Etymology templates: {{m|en|total}} total Head templates: {{en-verb}} tottle (third-person singular simple present tottles, present participle tottling, simple past and past participle tottled)
  1. (archaic, dialect) To add up; to sum to a total. Tags: archaic, dialectal Related terms: tot, tot up
    Sense id: en-tottle-en-verb-XM4mE-xi
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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