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teeter

tee·ter [ ttər ] (past and past participle tee·tered, present participle tee·ter·ing, 3rd person present singular tee·ters)


intransitive verb 
Definition:
 
1. totter: to walk or move unsteadily and as if about to fall
teetering along in her high heels

2. be in precarious position: to be in a precarious position in which things could imminently go badly wrong
an economy teetering on the verge of recession

3. vacillate: to vacillate or fluctuate between different attitudes or positions
teetered between wanting to go and not wanting to go

4. 
Same as  seesawv (sense 2) (sense 3)

teetered between wanting to go and not wanting to go

[Mid-19th century. Variant of dialect titter< Germanic]
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