To walk or stand unsteadily; reel; totter.To hesitate; begin to doubt or waver in purpose; falter; become less confident or determined; waver; vacillate.Synonyms Totter, etc. See reel.To cause to reel, totter, falter, or be unsteady; shake.To cause to hesitate, waver, or doubt; fill with doubts or misgivings; make less steady, determined, or confident.To arrange in a zigzag order; specifically, in wheel-making, to set (the spokes) in the hub alternately inside and outside (or more or less to one side of) a line drawn round the hub.n. A sudden tottering motion, swing, or reel of the body as if one were about to fall, as through tripping, giddiness, or intoxication.n. plural One of various forms of functional and organic disease of the brain and spinal cord in domesticated animals, especially horses and cattle: more fully called blind staggers.n. Hence plural A feeling of giddiness, reeling, or unsteadiness; a sensation which causes reeling.n. plural Perplexities; doubts; bewilderment; confusion.