Synonyms of teeter
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Verb
The pile of books teetered and fell to the floor.
She teetered down the street in her high heels.
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Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 13 June 2026
Just having to teeter with that feeling of being too hard on yourself and trying to be too perfect because this game’s so hard.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 10 June 2026
Charlie Baker, Air Mail, 23 May 2026
While the special effects teeter on the PlayStation 2 side and the script might be thinner than a wafer, as soon as Adkins steps into the scene, everything feels infinitely better.
—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026
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Verb
The first half of the film is essentially a political thriller—shades of 1974’s The Parallax View and similar films—as global tensions have the world teetering on the brink of World War III.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 13 June 2026
Just having to teeter with that feeling of being too hard on yourself and trying to be too perfect because this game’s so hard.
—Charlotte Varnes, New York Times, 10 June 2026
Noun
Around us teeter stacks of books on the royal family and a pile of Freedom of Information requests.
—Charlie Baker, Air Mail, 23 May 2026
While the special effects teeter on the PlayStation 2 side and the script might be thinner than a wafer, as soon as Adkins steps into the scene, everything feels infinitely better.
—Sergio Pereira, Space.com, 25 Apr. 2026
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“Teeter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teeter. Accessed 17 Jun. 2026.
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