Teeter

  • 31teeter — /tee teuhr/, Chiefly Northern U.S. v.i. 1. to move unsteadily. 2. to ride a seesaw; teetertotter. v.t. 3. to tip (something) up and down; move unsteadily. n. 4. a seesaw motion; wobble. 5. a seesaw; teetertotter. [1835 45; var. of dial. titter,… …

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  • 32teeter — verb To tilt back and forth on an edge …

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  • 33teeter — tee|ter [ˈti:tə US ər] v [Date: 1800 1900; Origin: titter [i] to move unsteadily (14 20 centuries)] 1.) to stand or walk moving from side to side, as if you are going to fall ▪ She teetered along in her high heeled shoes. 2.) be teetering on the… …

    Dictionary of contemporary English

  • 34teeter — tee|ter [ titər ] verb intransitive to stand or move in a way that is not steady and makes you seem about to fall: Stephanie went downstairs, teetering on her high heels. teetering on the brink/edge (of something) in a situation in which… …

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  • 35teeter — tee·ter || tɪːtÉ™(r) v. be rocked, rock, swing, fluctuate …

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  • 36teeter — v. n. [U.S.] Seesaw, titter, titter totter, tetter totter …

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  • 37teeter — verb (I) 1 to stand or move unsteadily as if you are going to fall (+ on/along/across etc): She teetered along in her high heeled shoes. 2 be teetering on the brink/edge of to be very close to an extreme and dangerous situation: teetering on the… …

    Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • 38teeter — verb 1) Daisy teetered toward them Syn: totter, wobble, toddle, sway, stagger, stumble, reel, lurch, pitch 2) the situation teetered between tragedy and farce Syn: seesaw, veer, fluc …

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  • 39teeter — v 1. seesaw, move or bob up and down, pitch; oscillate, vibrate, librate; fluctuate, vacillate, dither. 2. stagger, totter, rock, reel, sway, Dial. wamble, roll; wobble, waggle, waddle, waver, zigzag; flap, flop, lurch, jerk, hunch, hitch,… …

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  • 40teeter — tee·ter …

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