teeters
teeters is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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.
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Teeters
Teeters (plural Teeterses)
- A surname.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Teeters
Teeters
- plural of Teeter
Forms of teeters
| plural | Teeterses |
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Origin of teeters
Variant of Teeter.
Words formed from teeters
Questions about teeters
- What does teeters mean?
- Teeters means a surname.
- What is teeters the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
- Teeters is the third-person singular simple present indicative of teeter.
- What part of speech is teeters?
- Teeters is a proper noun.
Words near teeters in the dictionary
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