'Teetering' definitions:
Definition of 'Teetering'
From: GCIDE
- Teeter \Tee"ter\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Teetered; p. pr. & vb. n. Teetering.] [Prov. E. titter to tremble, to seesaw; cf. Icel. titra to tremble, OHG. zittar[=o]n, G. zittern.] 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. [U. S.] [1913 Webster]
- [The bobolink] alit upon the flower, and teetered up and down. --H. W. Beecher. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'teetering'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alternation,
- back-and-forth,
- coming and going,
- dilapidated,
- doddering,
- ebb and flow,
- fluctuation,
- flux and reflux,
- groggy,
- Lissajous figure,
- oscillation,
- pendulation,
- ramshackle,
- reciprocation,
- rhythmic play,
- ricketish,
- rickety,
- rocky,
- seesaw,
- seesawing,
- shaky,
- shifting,
- shuffling,
- sine wave,
- spidery,
- spindly,
- teeter,
- teeter-totter,
- teeter-tottering,
- teetery,
- to-and-fro,
- tottering,
- tottery,
- tumbledown,
- unsteady,
- ups and downs,
- vacillation,
- variation,
- vicissitude,
- wavering,
- wigwag,
- wobbly