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Webster 1913 Edition
Teeter
Tee′ter
,Verb.
I.
& T.
[
imp. & p. p.
Teetered
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Teetering
.] [Prov. E.
titter
to tremble, to seesaw; cf. Icel. titra
to tremble, OHG. zittarōn
, G. zittern
.] To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter-totter.
[U. S.]
[The bobolink] alit upon the flower, and
teetered
up and down. H. W. Beecher.