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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The New Yorker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
The offense teeters on becoming too reliant on the pass.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
Jenn Pelly, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
The film teeters between sickeningly sincere and absurd, without ever really finding its center.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2025
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Verb
To finance America’s teetering Social Security system and to pay for programs such as Medicare, the federal government relies primarily on revenues collected from working people.
—The New Yorker, New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2025
The offense teeters on becoming too reliant on the pass.
—Troy Renck, Denver Post, 22 Dec. 2025
Noun
The band’s fevered rave-ups and corporal rhythms teeter just on the edge of collapse and take half a century of New York noise with them.
—Jenn Pelly, Time, 4 Dec. 2025
The film teeters between sickeningly sincere and absurd, without ever really finding its center.
—Stephanie McNeal, Glamour, 1 Dec. 2025
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“Teeter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teeter. Accessed 24 Dec. 2025.
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