Synonyms of teeter
Examples of teeter in a Sentence
Verb
The pile of books teetered and fell to the floor.
She teetered down the street in her high heels.
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Alison Willmore, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
The gazebo at Southold Town Beach is teetering over crumbling asphalt.
—Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have identified 10 new species and seven new genera of Hawaiian leaf-roller moths — a discovery that reveals previously undocumented biodiversity in the islands even as some of these creatures teeter on the edge of extinction.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
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Verb
Margot, who works for a social-media platform called Kino and shares a New Orleans apartment with her bestie, Ryan (Aaron Holliday), has only just crawled out of a dark period and doesn’t require much to teeter back in.
—Alison Willmore, Vulture, 10 Apr. 2026
The gazebo at Southold Town Beach is teetering over crumbling asphalt.
—Carolyn Gusoff, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
Noun
Gas prices at the pump teeter in the $4 range.
—Boston Herald Editorial Staff, Boston Herald, 14 Apr. 2026
Researchers at the University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa have identified 10 new species and seven new genera of Hawaiian leaf-roller moths — a discovery that reveals previously undocumented biodiversity in the islands even as some of these creatures teeter on the edge of extinction.
—Hanna Wickes, Charlotte Observer, 6 Apr. 2026
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“Teeter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teeter. Accessed 18 Apr. 2026.
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