tottle
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tottle¹
- /ˈtɒt.əl/ UK
- /ˈtɑ.təl/ US
- [ˈtʰɑɾɫ̩] US
Sounds like toddle (flapping)
Where it comes from
Compare toddle and totter.
verb tottles · tottling · tottled
- To walk in a wavering, unsteady manner. I should not, however, so much mind if this folly [of giving children poetic names] were comprised in that domain of cold gentility, to which affectation usually confines itself. One does not regard seeing Miss Arabella seated at the piano, or her little sister Leonora tottling across the carpet to
tottle²
- /ˈtɒt.əl/ UK
- /ˈtɑ.təl/ US
- [ˈtʰɑɾɫ̩] US
Sounds like toddle (flapping)
Where it comes from
From total.
verb tottles · tottling · tottled
- To add up; to sum to a total. It may be that the days o' fine follow ane anither fast; or that the foul times linger likewise. But in the end, the figures of fine and foul tottle up, in accord wi' their ordered sum.
tottle³
- /ˈtɒt.əl/ UK
- /ˈtɑ.təl/ US
- [ˈtʰɑɾɫ̩] US
Sounds like toddle (flapping)
Where it comes from
Blend of tube + bottle.
noun tottles
- A container, generally of plastic, which is not a simple tube and which is kept with its cap down.
Tottle⁴
Where it comes from
Perhaps a topographic surname for someone who lived by a hill used as a look-out station, from Old English tot (“look-out”) + hyll (“hill”).
proper noun Tottles
- A surname from Old English.
Talk about this word "tottle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/tottle. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. tottle. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/tottle "tottle." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/tottle.Cite this
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title = {tottle},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
url = {https://micwyn.com/word/tottle},
urldate = {2026-11-06}
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