Teeter

ahd-5
  • intransitive verb. To move or sway unsteadily or unsurely; totter.
  • intransitive verb. To alternate, as between opposing attitudes or positions; vacillate.
  • intransitive verb. To be close to or in danger of failure or ruin.
  • noun. undefined
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Hence To move about foolishly and aimlessly.
  • To see-saw; move up and down in see-saw fashion.
  • noun. A see-saw.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • verb. To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter-totter.
    • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To tilt back and forth on an edge.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • verb. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
  • noun. a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
    • Word Usage
    "More simply put is what I call the teeter-totter principle."
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    move  plaything  toy  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Demeter  Peter  beater  cheater  depleter  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    banqueting  bitching  carding  clamouring  cloudiness  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    Lissajous figure  alternate  alternation  back and fill  back-and-forth  
    verb-form
    teetered  teetering  teeters  
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