teeter

v., -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.

v.intr.

1. To walk or move unsteadily or unsurely; totter.
2. To alternate, as between opposing attitudes or positions; vacillate.
3. To seesaw.

v.tr.
To cause to teeter or seesaw.

n. Northeastern U.S.

1. See seesaw (sense 1). See Regional Note at teeter-totter.
2. A teetering motion.

[Middle English titeren, probably from Old Norse titra, to shake.]

verb

1. To walk unsteadily: falter, lurch, reel, stagger, stumble, totter, weave, wobble. See move/halt.
2. To move back and forth or from side to side, as if about to fall: sway, totter, vacillate, waver, weave, wobble. See repetition.

v

Definition: wobble back and forth
Antonyms: stabilize, steady

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IN BRIEF: To move or behave in an unsteady manner; wobble.

The uneven legs on the table caused it to teeter when used for dining.

Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - vippe, vakle, tøve
v. tr. - få til at vakle
n. - vaklen

Nederlands (Dutch)
wankelen, aarzelen

Français (French)
v. intr. - vaciller
v. tr. - vaciller
n. - balançoire

Deutsch (German)
v. - schaukeln, schwanken, wanken
n. - Wippe

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - κλονίζομαι, ταλαντεύομαι, παραπαίω, τρεκλίζω
n. - τραμπάλα

Italiano (Italian)
esitare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - andar de gangorra, oscilar, balançar
n. - vaivém (m), gangorra (f), balanço (m)

Русский (Russian)
качаться, колебаться

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - balancearse, columpiarse
v. tr. - vacilar, balancear
n. - balance, vaivén

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vackla, vingla, tveka, vara på gränsen till
n. - gungbräde, vacklande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
蹒跚, 摇晃, 动摇, 站不稳, 玩跷跷板, 使摇晃, 跷跷板

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 蹣跚, 搖晃, 動搖, 站不穩, 玩蹺蹺板
v. tr. - 使搖晃
n. - 蹺蹺板

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 시소를 타다, 동요하다, 망설이다
v. tr. - 비틀거리며 나가다, 흔들리다, 주저하다
n. - 시소 , 널뛰기, 접전

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - よろめき進む, ぐらつく, 上下に動かす, 動揺させる
n. - シーソー, 前後に動く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يترنح, يتمايل (الاسم) تارجح, تمايل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התנדנד בנדנדה, התנודד, היסס‬
v. tr. - ‮נדנד, התנודד‬
n. - ‮נדנדה, תנועת נדנדה‬

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