toitv.

Brit.

/tɔɪt/, U.S.

/tɔɪt/, Scottish English

/tɔɪt/

Forms: English regional (northern) 1800s toat, 1800s tooat, 1800s tote, 1800s toyt, 1800s toyte, 1800s– toit; Scottish 1700s toyte, 1800s toit, 1800s tote, 1800s toyt, 1800s tyte (north-eastern).

Origin: Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: English doit.

Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of Scots and English regional (northern) doit to walk with short unsteady steps, to amble (1786: see doiter v.), after tot v.³ (although this is first attested later) or totter v. Compare later dot v.¹ 6.

Scottish and English regional (northern). Now rare.

intransitive. To walk with short, unsteady steps, esp. because of old age. Also: to move or work in an aimless or leisurely manner; to dawdle; to potter. Chiefly with adverbial complement, esp. about. Cf. tot v.³, totter v. 4a. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this word as still in use in Banffshire and Aberdeenshire in 1972.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > unsteadily

wiggle?c1225

walter1399

falterc1400

stammerc1400

dotterc1475

stavera1500

stumblea1500

reel1529

scamblec1571

halper1596

totter1602

folder1607

wamble1611

to make a Virginia fence1671

wandle1686

fribble1709

rock1718

stoit1719

stoiter1724

swagger1724

doddle1761

stotter1781

toit1786

doiter1793

stot1801

dodder1819

twaddle1823

teeter1844

shoggle1884

welter1884

warple1887

whemmel1895

1786 R. Burns Poems 123 We'll toyte about wi' ane anither.

1804 W. Tarras Poems 53 To my wither't shaums mair easin, Than tytin on frae e'en to morn.

1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xliv. 304 I've toitit aboot wi' you upo' this place naar foorty year noo.

1904 M. Ackernley in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1905) VI. 302/1 [West Yorkshire] Come an' get thi wark done asteead o' toiting abaht theare.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	toit
释义	toitv. Brit. /tɔɪt/, U.S. /tɔɪt/, Scottish English /tɔɪt/ Forms: English regional (northern) 1800s toat, 1800s tooat, 1800s tote, 1800s toyt, 1800s toyte, 1800s– toit; Scottish 1700s toyte, 1800s toit, 1800s tote, 1800s toyt, 1800s tyte (north-eastern). Origin: Perhaps a variant or alteration of another lexical item. Etymon: English doit. Etymology: Perhaps an alteration of Scots and English regional (northern) doit to walk with short unsteady steps, to amble (1786: see doiter v.), after tot v.³ (although this is first attested later) or totter v. Compare later dot v.¹ 6. Scottish and English regional (northern). Now rare. intransitive. To walk with short, unsteady steps, esp. because of old age. Also: to move or work in an aimless or leisurely manner; to dawdle; to potter. Chiefly with adverbial complement, esp. about. Cf. tot v.³, totter v. 4a. Sc. National Dict. (at cited word) records this word as still in use in Banffshire and Aberdeenshire in 1972. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > unsteadily wiggle?c1225 walter1399 falterc1400 stammerc1400 dotterc1475 stavera1500 stumblea1500 reel1529 scamblec1571 halper1596 totter1602 folder1607 wamble1611 to make a Virginia fence1671 wandle1686 fribble1709 rock1718 stoit1719 stoiter1724 swagger1724 doddle1761 stotter1781 toit1786 doiter1793 stot1801 dodder1819 twaddle1823 teeter1844 shoggle1884 welter1884 warple1887 whemmel1895 1786 R. Burns Poems 123 We'll toyte about wi' ane anither. 1804 W. Tarras Poems 53 To my wither't shaums mair easin, Than tytin on frae e'en to morn. 1871 W. Alexander Johnny Gibb xliv. 304 I've toitit aboot wi' you upo' this place naar foorty year noo. 1904 M. Ackernley in Eng. Dial. Dict. (1905) VI. 302/1 [West Yorkshire] Come an' get thi wark done asteead o' toiting abaht theare. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2021; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < v.1786
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