doddered
adjective
dod·dered ˈdä-dərd 
1
: deprived of branches through age or decay
a doddered oak
2
: infirm, enfeebled
Word History
Etymology
probably alteration of dodded, from past participle of English dialect dod to lop, from Middle English dodden
First Known Use
1697, in the meaning defined at sense 1
doddered
verb
as in staggered
to move forward while swaying from side to side was doddering down the walk outside the nursing home Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- staggered
- lurched
- tottered
- stomped
- waddled
- shuffled
- weaved
- stumbled
- careened
- rolled
- reeled
- teetered
- swayed
- clomped
- rocked
- shambled
- wabbled
- wobbled
- galumphed
- swagged
- tramped
- blundered
- floundered
- wavered
- barged
- clumped
- stamped
- scuffed
- lumbered
- tromped
- seesawed
- lumped
- scuffled
- pounded