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Teeter is defined as to wobble in a shaky way, or to change back and forth between two sides of an opinion.

(verb)

An example of teeter is a person stumbling down the street almost running into people.
An example of teeter is to change your decision on how you are going to vote several times before you cast your ballet.

See teeter in Webster's New World College Dictionary

intransitive verb

to totter, wobble, waver, etc.

Origin: dial. titter < ME titeren < ON titra, to tremble, akin to Ger zittern < redupl. of IE base *drā-, to step > trap, trip

transitive verb

to cause to teeter

noun

teeter-totter

See teeter in American Heritage Dictionary 4

verb tee·tered, tee·ter·ing, tee·ters

verb, intransitive

To walk or move unsteadily or unsurely; totter.
To alternate, as between opposing attitudes or positions; vacillate.
To seesaw.

verb, transitive

To cause to teeter or seesaw.

noun
Northeastern U.S.

See seesaw. See Regional Note at teeter-totter.
A teetering motion.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English titeren

Origin: , probably from Old Norse titra, to shake

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