teetered
past simple and past participle ofteeter
teeter
verb[Iusually+ adv/prep]
uk/ˈtiː.tər/us/ˈtiː.t̬ɚ/toappearto be about tofallwhilemovingorstanding:
Danielle was teetering around in five-inchheels.
Shaking, swinging and vibrating
- brandish
- flap
- flourish
- fluffsomethingup
- jitter
- joggle
- pulse
- shakiness
- shimmy
- stir
- stirsomethingup
- sway
- sweep
- teeter
- thrashing
- wag
- wobble
- wobbler
- wobbly
- worry atsomething
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Moving unsteadily or with difficulty
Idiom
teeter on the brink/edge ofsomething
Examplesofteetered
teetered
In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.
As a woman of questionable morals, she seemed to stand by as her familyteeteredon the brink of disaster.
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Only three years ago the two statesteeteredon the verge of nuclear war.
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People went from absolute poverty into low-income status andteeteredon the edge.
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Heteeteredon the edge of self-satisfaction in so far as concerns government policy.
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Consequently, the countryteeteredtoward economic dissolution and implosion.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Sales did not take off and the brothers' companyteeteredon bankruptcy.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.At the beginning of the 1920s, the companyteeteredon the brink of collapse.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.The companys new accessories failed to pick up the slack, and for the next three years the company experienced heavy losses andteeteredon the edge of bankruptcy.
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This example is from Wikipedia and may be reused under a CC BY-SA license.Thus, ifteeteredto the right, the right side pilot would be flying and the left grip would be about 12 inches above the left pilot's lap.
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- resource constraint
- resource consumption
- resourced
- resource depletion
- resource distribution
- resource endowment
- resource exploitation
- resource flow
- resourceful
- resourcefully
- resourcefulness
- resource management
- resource-management
- resource manager
- resource pool
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- resource-productivity
- resource-rich country
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- resourcing
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- respect
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