tolter

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verb

To flounder about.

OriginMiddle English *tolteren ← Old English tealtrian ← Proto-Germanic *taltrōną →
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Meanings

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

present singular third person tolters · participle present toltering · participle past toltered · past toltered

  1. UKdialectalTo flounder about.

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*del-
  2. Proto-Germanic*taltrōną
  3. Old Englishtealtrian“to totter, vacillate”
  4. Middle English*tolteren
  5. Englishtolter

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.

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APA

tolter. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tolter

MLA

“tolter.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tolter. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tolter,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tolter.

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