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teeter


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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.] 
 
  [The  bobolink]  alit  upon  the  flower,  and  teetered  up 
  and  down  --H.  W. 
  Beecher. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  teeter 
  v  :  move  unsteadily,  with  a  rocking  motion  [syn:  {seesaw},  {totter}] 




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