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Meaning of titubate | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2
ˈtɪtjʊbeɪt

Definitions

  1. To stagger
    obsolete
  2. To rock or roll, like a curved body on a plane.
    obsolete
  3. To stutter, stammer.

Equivalents

Català titubar titubejar
Suomi änkyttää horjua
Italiano titubate

Examples

“They must let us alone here, we govern ourselves, we are by way of being totally autonomous. (The plethora of t’s there made his tongue titubate, but it was a brave show.)”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

titubated titubates titubating titularise titularised titularises

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