torkeln — meaning in English

English meaning

• lurch noun A sudden, unsteady movement, especially forward or to one side.
• stagger verb To walk unsteadily, as if about to fall.
• totter verb To walk or stand in a shaky way, as if about to fall.

Senses

torkeln is used for these senses in English:

• lurch To make such a sudden, unsteady movement.
• stagger (intransitive) In standing or walking, to sway from one side to the other as if about to fall; to stand or walk unsteadily; to reel or totter.
• totter An unsteady movement or gait.
• totter To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.

lurch — full definition

1. noun A sudden, unsteady movement, especially forward or to one side.
2. verb To move suddenly and unsteadily.

stagger — full definition

1. verb To walk unsteadily, as if about to fall.
2. verb To shock or astonish someone.
3. verb To arrange events or times so they don't all happen at once.
4. noun An unsteady, swaying walk.

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