adjective
- weak and unsteady, especially due to old age; trembling or tottering
Usage: often used to describe elderly people
Examples
- The doddering old man needed help walking up the stairs.
- She watched her doddering grandfather struggle with his cane.
- The doddering professor forgot where he put his glasses again.
- His doddering steps made everyone worry he might fall.
- The doddering woman held tightly to the railing.
- Despite his doddering appearance, his mind was still sharp.