Teeter
21teeter on the edge of something — teeter on the ˈbrink/ˈedge of sth idiom to be very close to a very unpleasant or dangerous situation • The country is teetering on the brink of civil war. Main entry: ↑teeteridiom …
22teeter-totter — UK / US noun [countable] Word forms teeter totter : singular teeter totter plural teeter totters American a children s word for a seesaw …
23teeter totter — Synonyms and related words: Ferris wheel, Lissajous figure, alternate, alternation, back and fill, back and forth, battledore and shuttlecock, carousel, chute the chutes, chutes, come and go, coming and going, ebb and flow, flounder, fluctuate,… …
24teeter-totter N. Amer. or — dialect noun a see saw. verb teeter; waver. Origin C19: reduplication of teeter or totter …
25teeter-tail — Tip up Tip up , n. (Zo[ o]l.) The spotted sandpiper; called also {teeter tail}. See under {Sandpiper}. [1913 Webster] …
26teeter-totter — (Roget s IV) n. Syn. seesaw, teeter, teeterboard, teeteringboard, hickey horse, tipitty bounce, teetery bender; see also game 1 , toy 1 …
27teeter between — waver between different courses. → teeter …
28teeter-totter — I noun a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end • Syn: ↑seesaw, ↑teeter, ↑teetertotter, ↑teeterboard, ↑tilting board, ↑dandle board • …
29teeter-board — teetˈer board noun 1. A see saw 2. (also teetˈer tottˈer) a board which throws one into the air when someone else jumps on the opposite end of it • • • Main Entry: ↑teeter …
30teeter — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English titeren to totter, reel; akin to Old High German zittarōn to shiver Date: 1844 1. a. to move unsteadily ; wobble b. waver, vacillate < teetered on the brink of bankruptcy > …
