teetering
teetering is the present participle and gerund of teeter.
Meaning of teeter
Verb
teeter (third-person singular simple present teeters, present participle teetering, simple past and past participle teetered)
- To tilt back and forth on an edge.
- He teetered on the brink of the precipice.
- To totter (move unsteadily).
- How many other organizations have sprung up amidst apparently unlimited energy, been the focus of a great deal of activism and education, and then begun to diminish? Some teeter along for a long time even though their base of support seems to have eroded; some metamorphose into something else...1985 December 28, Nora Janeway, “Women's Pentagon Action Meets for the Last Time”, in Gay Community News, volume 13, number 24, page 12
- To be indecisive; to hesitate.
- We teetered on the fence about buying getaway tickets and missed the opportunity.
- To be close to becoming a typically negative situation.
- Despite appearances, the firm was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.
Noun
teetering (plural teeterings)
- A precarious motion or situation, risking a fall or collapse.
- the teeterings of the financial market
Forms of teetering
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Questions about teetering
- What does teetering mean?
- Teetering means a precarious motion or situation, risking a fall or collapse.
- What is teetering the present participle and gerund of?
- Teetering is the present participle and gerund of teeter.
- What part of speech is teetering?
- Teetering is a noun.
- What is the plural of teetering?
- The plural of teetering is teeterings.
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