tee·ter
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teetered; teetering; teeters
Definition of teeter
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: seesaw
teeter
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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.
Recent Examples on the Web: Verb
Although this stylish brand is loved by women worldwide, prices for the famous shapewear tend to teeter on the more expensive side of spectrum.
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Melissa Lee, USA TODAY, "International Women's Day: Shop these 14 sales to support women-owned businesses," 8 Mar. 2021
The kingdom splintered into factions — Tail, Talon, Heart, Fang and Spine — who perpetually teeter on the edge of war.
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Lindsey Bahr, Star Tribune, "Review: 'Raya and the Last Dragon' is a dazzling adventure," 3 Mar. 2021
The Orioles could teeter on the verge of having too many players who are best suited to play against righties but offer little against lefties with Mullins now residing in that space.
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Jon Meoli, baltimoresun.com, "Cedric Mullins will bat only lefty now. Does that change the Orioles’ outfield mix? | ANALYSIS," 1 Mar. 2021
And as psychedelics teeter on the brink of legitimacy, more and more people are learning these cultivation methods.
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Joanna Steinhardt, Wired, "Hackers, Mason Jars, and the Psychedelic Science of DIY Shrooms," 12 Feb. 2021
The core principles -- selflessness, competitiveness and togetherness -- shall not teeter.
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Chris Fedor, cleveland, "Cleveland Cavaliers searching for small victories as injuries mount," 13 Jan. 2021
Such a shape-shifting track could easily teeter into messy territory, but the soloist makes the track both accessible and exciting with his sunny rap style and masterful triplet expertise.
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Billboard Staff, Billboard, "The 20 Best K-Pop Songs of 2020: Staff List," 23 Dec. 2020
The year 2021 already promised to teeter toward the apocalyptic in baseball, with owners and players deep into a state of mutual distrust and a collective bargaining agreement that expires next December.
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Bill Shaikin, Los Angeles Times, "MLB says 2021 season will begin April 1, but that might be wishful thinking," 11 Dec. 2020
Right now, there's a golden opportunity to save on Hunter boots, which normally teeter in the triple digits.
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Nicole Briese, USA TODAY, "Hunter boots are majorly discounted for Nordstrom's huge Cyber Monday 2020 sale," 1 Dec. 2020
Recent Examples on the Web: Noun
Two new playgrounds at Pearcy STEM Academy in Arlington feature climbing jungles, twisty slides, merry-go-rounds and teeter-totters.
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Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, "Arlington ISD will build new playgrounds at every elementary. The first just opened," 29 Mar. 2021
The most stable place on a teeter-totter is in the middle.
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Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, "Horoscope for Jan. 12, 2021: Happy birthday Issa Rae; Scorpio, don’t take sides," 12 Jan. 2021
Skeletal, charred trees and cactus fried to a crisp teeter creepily over scorched earth backed by distant views of Weavers Needle in the Superstition Wilderness and Four Peaks in the Mazatzal Mountains.
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Mare Czinar, The Arizona Republic, "Sears Fire scorched part of this AZ hike, but its beauty remains. Here's how to do it," 8 Dec. 2020
And many more teeter on the economic brink, experts say.
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NBC News, "Primary care offices struggling to survive during Covid-19," 30 Nov. 2020
In 2019, the pair installed three pink teeter-totters across the gaps in the border wall, offering Americans and Mexicans a literal fulcrum on which to balance their common humanity.
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Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, "How to Remember," 24 Nov. 2020
What has apparently happened with Toobs seems to straddle that fine line, teeter, then pitch over into foul territory.
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The Washington Post, "Chatological Humor with Gene Weingarten," 20 Oct. 2020
There’s a 12-mile mountain biking trail that winds through this part of the park, as well as a FitPark Ride, a skills course for bikers with numerous manmade obstacles, including ladders, teeter-totters and more.
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Susan Glaser, cleveland, "Overnighting in Toledo’s magical new treehouse village, where the sounds of the forest come to life," 15 Oct. 2020
Kathleen Gerson, a professor of sociology at New York University who began researching work-life integration around the same time as Friedman, agrees that a work-life convergence is healthier than trying to stabilize a precarious teeter-totter.
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Leigh Giangreco, Washington Post, "At work while at home: The new paradigm," 14 Oct. 2020
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teeter
verb
English Language Learners Definition of teeter
: to move in an unsteady way back and forth or from side to side
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teeter
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tee·ter
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teetered; teetering
Kids Definition of teeter
: to move unsteadily back and forth or from side to side
Ramona mounted the bicycle and … teetered and wobbled to the corner without falling off.— Beverly Cleary, Ramona Quimby
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The first known use of teeter was in 1844
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