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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Christian Holub,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 June 2026
Labour has teetered on the edge of one for weeks after those disastrous local election results, and only Burnham’s inability to run before now seems to have delayed one.
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Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
20 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.
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Verb
And although their brand of comedy teetered on the absurd, the Duncans eventually became about as familiar as the Matthews.
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Christian Holub,
Entertainment Weekly,
21 June 2026
Labour has teetered on the edge of one for weeks after those disastrous local election results, and only Burnham’s inability to run before now seems to have delayed one.
—
Issy Ronald,
CNN Money,
20 June 2026
Noun
Around us teeter stacks of books on the royal family and a pile of Freedom of Information requests.
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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 27 Jun. 2026.
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