noun
tottering steps; drunken staggering
Describes the unsteady, zigzag walk of a drunk person, likened to the tracks of a plover. Often used in the phrase 千鳥足で歩く.
彼は酔っ払って千鳥足で家に帰った。
He went home with tottering steps, drunk.
千鳥足のサラリーマンが駅から出て
A salaryman with a drunken stagger came out of the station.