teetern.

Brit.

/ˈtiːtə/, U.S.

/ˈtidər/

Forms: Also teater, teter.

Etymology: < teeter v.

dialect and U.S.

1. A see-saw; a see-sawing or swaying motion; the game of see-saw; also figurative hesitation between two alternatives, vacillation. Also attributive, teeter-board (spec. in circus use.)

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun]

yea-and-nayc1384

vacillationc1400

titteringa1413

stackeringc1440

wondingc1440

fluctuationc1450

waver1519

mammering1532

uncertainty1548

wavering1548

to and fro1553

suspense1560

staggering1565

suspension1568

mammery1578

demur1581

branle1591

dilly-dally1592

hesitance1601

irresolution1601

uncertainness1601

undecision1611

waveringness1614

hesitancy1617

unsettledness1619

hesitation1622

unresolvednessa1626

doubleness of minda1628

wavinga1628

swagging1636

poise1637

mambling1640

stickagea1647

vacillancy1668

whifflinga1677

hovering1679

unresolve1679

irresoluteness1686

shilly-shally1755

indecisiona1763

undecisiveness1779

indecisiveness1793

oscillation1798

flexility1815

shilly-shallying1842

swaying1850

Hamletism1852

teeter1855

havering1866

off and on1875

dilly-dallying1879

double-mindedness1881

hesitatingness1890

dither1958

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > see-saw > [noun]

merry-totter1440

wild mare1600

titter-totter1790

see-saw1824

highty-tighty1825

rantipole1854

teeter1855

joggling-board1883

teeter-totter1959

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [noun] > see-sawing

see-saw1704

see-sawing1793

teeter1855

the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > [noun] > uncertainty about alternatives

balancing1597

pendulousness1641

pendulum1765

teeter1855

1855 Knickerbocker 46 88 We were having a grand time with our ‘teeter’-boards upon the highest fence.

1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. ii. i. 74 I tell you you've gut to larn thet War ain't one long teeter Betwixt I wan' to an' 'T wunt du.

1863 Harper's Mag. Aug. 343/2 Teeters to jump on, rings to swing by.

1883 U.S. Patent 292254 In a teeter, the stands A, having inclined posts a, that are connected on top by the socketed pivot-castings b, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

1887 F. T. Havergal Herefordshire Words 34 ‘All on the teater’.

1895 N. Brit. Daily Mail 15 Oct. 5 The ‘teter’ or undulating motion..in the present cars is entirely got rid of.

1897 Chicago Advance 30 Sept. 437/2 We [in the U.S.] are not on a teeter-board and have no need to be incessantly concerned about the balance of power.

1965 Sun 26 Oct. 5/1 The Seven Halasi, a Hungarian family using teeter boards.

1979 Times 13 Dec. 7/6 The Kovatchevi troupe..will..bounce a performer from a teeter-board to the shoulders of the top performer.

2. The spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia, found in eastern North America.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Tringa > tringa macularia

jack snipe1664

grassbird?1740

spotted snipe1785

rock-bird1792

peetweet1838

teeter1844

teeter-tail1917

1844 J. E. De Kay Zool. N.-Y. ii. 247 The Spotted Sand-Lark..is known..[as] Teeter and Tiltup, from its often repeated grotesque jerking motions.

1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Peet-Weet..the spotted Sandpiper.., better known..by the name of..Teeter and Tilt-up or Tip-up, from its often repeated grotesque jerking motions.

1895 Outing 27 69/2 The ‘teeter’ is fat and well flavored.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

teeterv.

Brit.

/ˈtiːtə/, U.S.

/ˈtidər/

Forms: Also teter.

Etymology: variant of titter v.¹ to totter, move unsteadily.

1. intransitive.

a. To see-saw. dialect and U.S.

ΘΚΠ

society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > see-saw > [verb (intransitive)]

teeter1843

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (intransitive)] > see-saw

see-saw1712

tittera1825

titter-tottera1825

tilter1825

teeter1843

1843 H. B. Stowe Mayflower 47 Then he was tetering [1855 ed.: teetering] with her on a long board.

1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Teeter.., to seesaw on a balanced plank, as children, for amusement. (U.S.)

1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Teeter, v. (prov. Eng. titter, to tremble, to seesaw..), to seesaw. (U.S.)

b. To move like a see-saw; to sway from side to side; to move unsteadily; esp. of a person or animal, to walk with a swaying motion; to balance oneself unsteadily on alternate feet. So teeter-totter, teter-totter.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > unsteadily

wiggle?c1225

walter1399

falterc1400

stammerc1400

dotterc1475

stavera1500

stumblea1500

reel1529

scamblec1571

halper1596

totter1602

folder1607

wamble1611

to make a Virginia fence1671

wandle1686

fribble1709

rock1718

stoit1719

stoiter1724

swagger1724

doddle1761

stotter1781

toit1786

doiter1793

stot1801

dodder1819

twaddle1823

teeter1844

shoggle1884

welter1884

warple1887

whemmel1895

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)]

hobblec1330

wave1406

stamperc1450

fleet15..

titubate1540

wamble1589

tilt1594

vacillate1598

waggle1611

wimple1819

wangle1820

waver1841

lurch1851

woggle1871

teeter1904

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)] > totter

shake1297

waive1338

wagc1340

falterc1386

waverc1440

branglea1522

totterc1522

wave1538

swerve1573

nod1582

tittera1618

cockle1634

labascate1727

teeter1904

oversway1994

1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 231 I teetered up tu her a tiptoe.

c1850 ‘Dow, Jr.’ Short Patent Serm. I. 184 You tip and teeter about, thinking that you excite the admiration of all.

1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 201 The peetweets..‘teter’ along its stony shores all summer.

1888 J. W. Riley in Voice (N.Y.) 21 June Turn to the lane where we used to ‘teeter-totter’, Printing little foot-palms in the mellow mold.

1904 W. Churchill Crossing II. xiv. 422 I felt the ground teetering under my feet.

1904 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (Essex) A watch~maker said of a wheel of which the pivot was bent, ‘It teeters’.

1907 Black Cat June 25 [He] called back to the figure teter-tottering with the bowing of the log it rode.

1943 C. McCullers Heart is Lonely Hunter (new ed.) i. 29 They helped Blount to his feet. He teetered weakly.

1950 R. Macaulay World my Wilderness vii. 66 The iron spokes swung teetering and creaking in the breeze.

1961 B. Pym No Fond Return of Love xii. 111 Marian left the house, teetering down the path to the bus stop on her stiletto heels.

1973 O. Sacks Awakenings 35 Miss D. would teeter forward in tiny rapid steps.

1982 T. Berger Reinhart's Women ii. 35 ‘I'll teeter on the curb,’ said Reinhart, ‘and try not to fall into the gutter.’

c. Also figurative, esp. in to teeter on the brink and variant.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)]

haltc825

flecchec1300

waverc1315

flickerc1325

wag1387

swervea1400

floghter1521

stacker1526

to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530

wave1532

stagger1533

to hang in the wind1536

to waver as, like, with the wind1548

mammer1554

sway1563

dodge1568

erch1584

suspend1585

float1598

swag1608

hoverc1620

hesitate1623

vacillate1623

fluctuate1634

demur1641

balance1656

to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674

to stand shall I, shall I1674

to go shill-I shall-I1700

to stand at shilly-shally1700

to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734

whiffle1737

dilly-dally1740

to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751

oscillate1771

shilly-shally1782

dacker1817

librate1822

humdrum1825

swing1833

(to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848

to back and fill1854

haver1866

wobble1867

shaffle1873

dicker1879

to be on the weigh-scales1886

waffle1894

to think twice1898

to teeter on the brink1902

dither1908

vagulate1918

pern1920

the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > render similar to [verb (transitive)] > approach, approximate, or border upon

to stand by ——?1527

to prick near1565

board1596

touch?1614

approximate1671

approacha1699

neighbour1859

to teeter on the brink1937

the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > face danger [verb (intransitive)] > be in danger > be at risk or in a precarious position

stacker1402

periclitate1581

to stand on a rolling stone1581

to lie upon the wager1590

tottera1616

concern1659

to tread on eggs, on delicate ground, on thin icea1734

tremblea1862

to skate over (or on) thin ice1897

to teeter on the brink1937

1902 A. H. Lewis Wolfville Nights xvii. 259 A quorum of the committee is away teeterin' about in their own affairs.

1930 Punch 26 Feb. 237/1 I really have not time to go into the whole story now... I will quit stalling lest I teeter.

1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier xiii. 261 Every bank clerk dreaming of the sack, every shopkeeper teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, is in essentially the same position.

1949 Times 29 Sept. 5/2 The Government..still tremble and teeter on the verge.

1958 Daily Sketch 2 June 13/7 He effectively suggested an officer teetering on the edge of sanity.

1979 C. James Pillars of Hercules i. i. 25 He was teetering on the verge of declaring himself outright.

1980 D. Adams Restaurant at End of Universe iii. 25 Zaphod felt he was teetering on the edge of madness.

1983 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 23 July 279/2 Subsistence farming is widespread with nutrition teetering on the inadequate.

2. transitive. To move (anything) with a see-saw motion; to tip up and down, to tilt. To see-saw. dialect and U.S.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (transitive)] > cause to see-saw

see-saw1753

teeter1874

1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 30 All the while ‘teetering’ its body, and performing odd, nervous antics.

1906 Daily Chron. 14 Feb. 3/3 The author escaped the charge of a rhinoceros by the animal stepping on the same log on which Mr. Whitney was standing, and thus ‘teetering’ him aside.

1907 Black Cat June 36 As he teetered the fretting baby on his knee.

Compounds

teeter-tail n. the American sandpiper: = teeter n. 2.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Tringa > tringa macularia

jack snipe1664

grassbird?1740

spotted snipe1785

rock-bird1792

peetweet1838

teeter1844

teeter-tail1917

1917 Dial. Notes 4 424 The spotted sandpiper..also called swee-swee, teeter-tail.

1937 National Geographic Mag. Aug. 201/2 Spotted Sandpiper... Nearly every pond, stream, or lake shore has its ‘tip-up’ or ‘teeter-tail’, as it is familiarly called.

Derivatives

ˈteetering n. and adj. = teeter-board at teeter n. 1.

ΘΚΠ

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [noun]

yawinga1614

vacillation1633

titubation1643

wambling1680

teetering1845

the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective]

waveringc1540

tilting1606

titubating1653

volatile1654

tittering1661

drunken1786

wavery1820

vacillating1822

joggly1828

yawing1835

teetering1845

wambly1857

pecky1864

drunk1881

teetery1900

wambling1908

1845 C. M. Kirkland Western Clearings 213 I laid a teterin' board over it, so that if you stepped on it, down you went.

1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick cxxiv. 569 The tetering ship loweringly pitched down her bowsprit.

1855 H. Melville Israel Potter xiv. 147 Israel smote him over the taffrail into the sea, as if the man had fallen backwards over a teetering chair.

1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People xxxv. 337 Settled herself..on the back seat of the creaking, tetering old stage on the way to Poganuc.

1884 Cent. Mag. Jan. 359/1 The steady rolling and teetering of the ship.

1936 M. Allingham Flowers for Judge xiv. 202 He was lying on his face with a teetering, kicking thing trying to force him through the concrete floor.

1973 ‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Answer iii. xv. 129 The tea-shop was..kept by teetering old ladies in the interest of their health.

1975 in W. Viereck Lexikalische Ergebnisse des Lowman-Survey I. iv. 141 Children also like to play on a..teetering pole.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	teeter
释义	teetern. Brit. /ˈtiːtə/, U.S. /ˈtidər/ Forms: Also teater, teter. Etymology: < teeter v. dialect and U.S. 1. A see-saw; a see-sawing or swaying motion; the game of see-saw; also figurative hesitation between two alternatives, vacillation. Also attributive, teeter-board (spec. in circus use.) ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > [noun] yea-and-nayc1384 vacillationc1400 titteringa1413 stackeringc1440 wondingc1440 fluctuationc1450 waver1519 mammering1532 uncertainty1548 wavering1548 to and fro1553 suspense1560 staggering1565 suspension1568 mammery1578 demur1581 branle1591 dilly-dally1592 hesitance1601 irresolution1601 uncertainness1601 undecision1611 waveringness1614 hesitancy1617 unsettledness1619 hesitation1622 unresolvednessa1626 doubleness of minda1628 wavinga1628 swagging1636 poise1637 mambling1640 stickagea1647 vacillancy1668 whifflinga1677 hovering1679 unresolve1679 irresoluteness1686 shilly-shally1755 indecisiona1763 undecisiveness1779 indecisiveness1793 oscillation1798 flexility1815 shilly-shallying1842 swaying1850 Hamletism1852 teeter1855 havering1866 off and on1875 dilly-dallying1879 double-mindedness1881 hesitatingness1890 dither1958 society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > see-saw > [noun] merry-totter1440 wild mare1600 titter-totter1790 see-saw1824 highty-tighty1825 rantipole1854 teeter1855 joggling-board1883 teeter-totter1959 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > [noun] > see-sawing see-saw1704 see-sawing1793 teeter1855 the mind > mental capacity > belief > uncertainty, doubt, hesitation > state of uncertainty, suspense > [noun] > uncertainty about alternatives balancing1597 pendulousness1641 pendulum1765 teeter1855 1855 Knickerbocker 46 88 We were having a grand time with our ‘teeter’-boards upon the highest fence. 1862 J. R. Lowell Biglow Papers 2nd Ser. ii. i. 74 I tell you you've gut to larn thet War ain't one long teeter Betwixt I wan' to an' 'T wunt du. 1863 Harper's Mag. Aug. 343/2 Teeters to jump on, rings to swing by. 1883 U.S. Patent 292254 In a teeter, the stands A, having inclined posts a, that are connected on top by the socketed pivot-castings b, substantially as and for the purpose set forth. 1887 F. T. Havergal Herefordshire Words 34 ‘All on the teater’. 1895 N. Brit. Daily Mail 15 Oct. 5 The ‘teter’ or undulating motion..in the present cars is entirely got rid of. 1897 Chicago Advance 30 Sept. 437/2 We [in the U.S.] are not on a teeter-board and have no need to be incessantly concerned about the balance of power. 1965 Sun 26 Oct. 5/1 The Seven Halasi, a Hungarian family using teeter boards. 1979 Times 13 Dec. 7/6 The Kovatchevi troupe..will..bounce a performer from a teeter-board to the shoulders of the top performer. 2. The spotted sandpiper, Actitis macularia, found in eastern North America. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Tringa > tringa macularia jack snipe1664 grassbird?1740 spotted snipe1785 rock-bird1792 peetweet1838 teeter1844 teeter-tail1917 1844 J. E. De Kay Zool. N.-Y. ii. 247 The Spotted Sand-Lark..is known..[as] Teeter and Tiltup, from its often repeated grotesque jerking motions. 1848 J. R. Bartlett Dict. Americanisms Peet-Weet..the spotted Sandpiper.., better known..by the name of..Teeter and Tilt-up or Tip-up, from its often repeated grotesque jerking motions. 1895 Outing 27 69/2 The ‘teeter’ is fat and well flavored. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). teeterv. Brit. /ˈtiːtə/, U.S. /ˈtidər/ Forms: Also teter. Etymology: variant of titter v.¹ to totter, move unsteadily. 1. intransitive. a. To see-saw. dialect and U.S. ΘΚΠ society > leisure > entertainment > toy or plaything > see-saw > [verb (intransitive)] teeter1843 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (intransitive)] > see-saw see-saw1712 tittera1825 titter-tottera1825 tilter1825 teeter1843 1843 H. B. Stowe Mayflower 47 Then he was tetering [1855 ed.: teetering] with her on a long board. 1846 J. E. Worcester Universal Dict. Eng. Lang. Teeter.., to seesaw on a balanced plank, as children, for amusement. (U.S.) 1847 Webster's Amer. Dict. Eng. Lang. Teeter, v. (prov. Eng. titter, to tremble, to seesaw..), to seesaw. (U.S.) b. To move like a see-saw; to sway from side to side; to move unsteadily; esp. of a person or animal, to walk with a swaying motion; to balance oneself unsteadily on alternate feet. So teeter-totter, teter-totter. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > progressive motion > walking > walk, tread, or step [verb (intransitive)] > unsteadily wiggle?c1225 walter1399 falterc1400 stammerc1400 dotterc1475 stavera1500 stumblea1500 reel1529 scamblec1571 halper1596 totter1602 folder1607 wamble1611 to make a Virginia fence1671 wandle1686 fribble1709 rock1718 stoit1719 stoiter1724 swagger1724 doddle1761 stotter1781 toit1786 doiter1793 stot1801 dodder1819 twaddle1823 teeter1844 shoggle1884 welter1884 warple1887 whemmel1895 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)] hobblec1330 wave1406 stamperc1450 fleet15.. titubate1540 wamble1589 tilt1594 vacillate1598 waggle1611 wimple1819 wangle1820 waver1841 lurch1851 woggle1871 teeter1904 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > move unsteadily [verb (intransitive)] > totter shake1297 waive1338 wagc1340 falterc1386 waverc1440 branglea1522 totterc1522 wave1538 swerve1573 nod1582 tittera1618 cockle1634 labascate1727 teeter1904 oversway1994 1844 ‘J. Slick’ High Life N.Y. II. 231 I teetered up tu her a tiptoe. c1850 ‘Dow, Jr.’ Short Patent Serm. I. 184 You tip and teeter about, thinking that you excite the admiration of all. 1854 H. D. Thoreau Walden 201 The peetweets..‘teter’ along its stony shores all summer. 1888 J. W. Riley in Voice (N.Y.) 21 June Turn to the lane where we used to ‘teeter-totter’, Printing little foot-palms in the mellow mold. 1904 W. Churchill Crossing II. xiv. 422 I felt the ground teetering under my feet. 1904 in Eng. Dial. Dict. (Essex) A watch~maker said of a wheel of which the pivot was bent, ‘It teeters’. 1907 Black Cat June 25 [He] called back to the figure teter-tottering with the bowing of the log it rode. 1943 C. McCullers Heart is Lonely Hunter (new ed.) i. 29 They helped Blount to his feet. He teetered weakly. 1950 R. Macaulay World my Wilderness vii. 66 The iron spokes swung teetering and creaking in the breeze. 1961 B. Pym No Fond Return of Love xii. 111 Marian left the house, teetering down the path to the bus stop on her stiletto heels. 1973 O. Sacks Awakenings 35 Miss D. would teeter forward in tiny rapid steps. 1982 T. Berger Reinhart's Women ii. 35 ‘I'll teeter on the curb,’ said Reinhart, ‘and try not to fall into the gutter.’ c. Also figurative, esp. in to teeter on the brink and variant. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > decision > irresolution or vacillation > be irresolute or vacillate [verb (intransitive)] haltc825 flecchec1300 waverc1315 flickerc1325 wag1387 swervea1400 floghter1521 stacker1526 to be of (occasionally in) many (also divers) minds1530 wave1532 stagger1533 to hang in the wind1536 to waver as, like, with the wind1548 mammer1554 sway1563 dodge1568 erch1584 suspend1585 float1598 swag1608 hoverc1620 hesitate1623 vacillate1623 fluctuate1634 demur1641 balance1656 to be at shall I, shall I (not)1674 to stand shall I, shall I1674 to go shill-I shall-I1700 to stand at shilly-shally1700 to act, to keep (upon), the volanta1734 whiffle1737 dilly-dally1740 to be in (also of, occasionally on) two minds (also in twenty minds, in (also of) several minds, etc.)1751 oscillate1771 shilly-shally1782 dacker1817 librate1822 humdrum1825 swing1833 (to stand or sit) on or upon the fence1848 to back and fill1854 haver1866 wobble1867 shaffle1873 dicker1879 to be on the weigh-scales1886 waffle1894 to think twice1898 to teeter on the brink1902 dither1908 vagulate1918 pern1920 the world > relative properties > relationship > similarity > render similar to [verb (transitive)] > approach, approximate, or border upon to stand by ——?1527 to prick near1565 board1596 touch?1614 approximate1671 approacha1699 neighbour1859 to teeter on the brink1937 the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > danger > face danger [verb (intransitive)] > be in danger > be at risk or in a precarious position stacker1402 periclitate1581 to stand on a rolling stone1581 to lie upon the wager1590 tottera1616 concern1659 to tread on eggs, on delicate ground, on thin icea1734 tremblea1862 to skate over (or on) thin ice1897 to teeter on the brink1937 1902 A. H. Lewis Wolfville Nights xvii. 259 A quorum of the committee is away teeterin' about in their own affairs. 1930 Punch 26 Feb. 237/1 I really have not time to go into the whole story now... I will quit stalling lest I teeter. 1937 ‘G. Orwell’ Road to Wigan Pier xiii. 261 Every bank clerk dreaming of the sack, every shopkeeper teetering on the brink of bankruptcy, is in essentially the same position. 1949 Times 29 Sept. 5/2 The Government..still tremble and teeter on the verge. 1958 Daily Sketch 2 June 13/7 He effectively suggested an officer teetering on the edge of sanity. 1979 C. James Pillars of Hercules i. i. 25 He was teetering on the verge of declaring himself outright. 1980 D. Adams Restaurant at End of Universe iii. 25 Zaphod felt he was teetering on the edge of madness. 1983 Brit. Med. Jrnl. 23 July 279/2 Subsistence farming is widespread with nutrition teetering on the inadequate. 2. transitive. To move (anything) with a see-saw motion; to tip up and down, to tilt. To see-saw. dialect and U.S. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > alternating or reciprocating motion > oscillation > oscillate [verb (transitive)] > cause to see-saw see-saw1753 teeter1874 1874 E. Coues Birds Northwest 30 All the while ‘teetering’ its body, and performing odd, nervous antics. 1906 Daily Chron. 14 Feb. 3/3 The author escaped the charge of a rhinoceros by the animal stepping on the same log on which Mr. Whitney was standing, and thus ‘teetering’ him aside. 1907 Black Cat June 36 As he teetered the fretting baby on his knee. Compounds teeter-tail n. the American sandpiper: = teeter n. 2. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > birds > order Charadriiformes > family Scolopacidae (snipes, etc.) > [noun] > member of genus Tringa > tringa macularia jack snipe1664 grassbird?1740 spotted snipe1785 rock-bird1792 peetweet1838 teeter1844 teeter-tail1917 1917 Dial. Notes 4 424 The spotted sandpiper..also called swee-swee, teeter-tail. 1937 National Geographic Mag. Aug. 201/2 Spotted Sandpiper... Nearly every pond, stream, or lake shore has its ‘tip-up’ or ‘teeter-tail’, as it is familiarly called. Derivatives ˈteetering n. and adj. = teeter-board at teeter n. 1. ΘΚΠ the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [noun] yawinga1614 vacillation1633 titubation1643 wambling1680 teetering1845 the world > movement > motion in specific manner > irregular movement or agitation > unsteady movement > [adjective] waveringc1540 tilting1606 titubating1653 volatile1654 tittering1661 drunken1786 wavery1820 vacillating1822 joggly1828 yawing1835 teetering1845 wambly1857 pecky1864 drunk1881 teetery1900 wambling1908 1845 C. M. Kirkland Western Clearings 213 I laid a teterin' board over it, so that if you stepped on it, down you went. 1851 H. Melville Moby-Dick cxxiv. 569 The tetering ship loweringly pitched down her bowsprit. 1855 H. Melville Israel Potter xiv. 147 Israel smote him over the taffrail into the sea, as if the man had fallen backwards over a teetering chair. 1878 H. B. Stowe Poganuc People xxxv. 337 Settled herself..on the back seat of the creaking, tetering old stage on the way to Poganuc. 1884 Cent. Mag. Jan. 359/1 The steady rolling and teetering of the ship. 1936 M. Allingham Flowers for Judge xiv. 202 He was lying on his face with a teetering, kicking thing trying to force him through the concrete floor. 1973 ‘M. Innes’ Appleby's Answer iii. xv. 129 The tea-shop was..kept by teetering old ladies in the interest of their health. 1975 in W. Viereck Lexikalische Ergebnisse des Lowman-Survey I. iv. 141 Children also like to play on a..teetering pole. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1911; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1844v.1843
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