Verb
The pile of books teetered and fell to the floor.
She teetered down the street in her high heels.
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Verb
With Elena’s regime teetering, Zubak could be just the right brute to tip it over.—Scott Tobias, Vulture, 24 Mar. 2024 Jacobson eventually teetered downstairs in his bathrobe.—Jack Murtagh, Scientific American, 24 Jan. 2024
Noun
Bianca Saunders The eponymous menswear brand, founded in 2017, teeters between tradition and breaking conformity of what is masculine and feminine through design.—Kerane Marcellus, Essence, 4 June 2024 Shadows lengthen through the streets, and twilight falls ever so softly on this town that teeters on the brink yet somehow always manages to hang on.
Find the reporter at www.rogernaylor.com.—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 22 Mar. 2024 See all Example Sentences for teeter
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Word History
Etymology
Verb
Middle English titeren to totter, reel; akin to Old High German zittarōn to shiver
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