Meaning & use
Tottle
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To walk with short, unsteady steps, in the manner of a small child.
See it in a sentence
The toddler tottled across the kitchen floor toward her mother.
He tottled along the garden path, still unsteady after the surgery.
A note on using this word
In British informal usage, "tottle" is also a noun for a small squeezable tube or container, as in a "tottle of toothpaste."
Words with a similar meaning
toddletotter
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Another way to use it
2. noun
British informal: a small tube-shaped container for a product such as toothpaste or cream.
She squeezed the last bit of cream from the tottle.
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