Entry Word: teeter

Function: verb

Meaning: 1 to swing unsteadily back and forth or from side to side <teetered at the edge of the pool>

Synonyms falter, rock, totter, waver, wobble

Related Words flounder, lurch, stumble, toddle; quaver, tremble; careen, reel, stagger, weave

2 to move forward while swaying from side to side <teetered down the stairs on her motherʼs high heels> — see stagger 1
3 to show uncertainty about the right course of action <was teetering on the brink of making a decision about college> — see hesitate