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• teeter-totter — [tēt′ərtôt΄ər, tēt′ərtät΄ər] n., vi. SEESAW * * * tee·ter tot·ter (tēʹtər tŏt ər) n. Upper Northern & Western U.S. See seesaw.   Regional Note: The outdoor toy usually called a …   Universalium

• teeter — [tēt′ər] vi. [dial. titter < ME titeren < ON titra, to tremble, akin to Ger zittern < redupl. of IE base * drā , to step > TRAP1, TRIP] to totter, wobble, waver, etc. vt. to cause to teeter n. short for TEETER TOTTER …   English World dictionary

• teeter — (v.) 1843, to seesaw, alteration of M.E. titter move unsteadily, probably from O.N. titra to shake, shiver, totter, related to Ger. zittern to tremble. Noun teeter totter see saw is attested from 1905 …   Etymology dictionary

• teeter — [v] wobble back and forth balance, dangle, falter, flutter, lurch, pivot, quiver, reel, rock, seesaw, stagger, stammer, stumble, sway, teeter totter*, topple, totter, tremble, tremble precariously, waver, weave, wiggle; concept 145 Ant. stabilize …   New thesaurus

• 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… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• Teeter-tail — Tee ter tail , n. (Zo[ o]l.) The spotted sandpiper. See the Note under {Sandpiper}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

• teeter — index beat (pulsate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …   Law dictionary

• teeter-totter — teeter .totter n AmE a large toy like a board on which two children sit, one at each end British Equivalent: seesaw …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• teeter-totter — teeter ,totter noun count AMERICAN a children s word for a SEESAW …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• teeter — vb *shake, tremble, quake, totter, quiver, shiver, shudder, quaver, wobble, shimmy, dither …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• teeter — ► VERB 1) move or balance unsteadily. 2) waver between different courses. ORIGIN Old Norse, shake, shiver …   English terms dictionary