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1 teeter
tr['tiːtəSMALLr/SMALL]1 (totter) tambalearse2 (hesitate) vacilar\SMALLIDIOMATIC EXPRESSION/SMALLto teeter on the edge of something estar al borde de algoteeter ['ti:t̬ər] vi: balancearse, tambalearsen.• balanceo s.m.v.• balancear v.• oscilar v.• tambalear v.'tiːtər, 'tiːtə(r)intransitive verb \<\<drunk/invalid\>\> tambalearse['tiːtǝ(r)]1.VI bambolearse, tambalearse; (fig) vacilar, titubear2.CPDteeter totter N — (US) subibaja m, balancín m
* * *['tiːtər, 'tiːtə(r)]intransitive verb \<\<drunk/invalid\>\> tambalearse -
2 teeter
s.1 movimiento oscilante; vaivén.2 balanceo, vaivén.3 balancín, sube y baja, subibaja.v.1 balancearse, columpiarse.2 titubear, vacilar.vi.tambalearse.(pt & pp teetered) -
3 teeter-totter
s.balancín, subibaja, sube y baja.v.columpiarse.(pt & pp teeter-tottered) -
4 teeter-totter
'tiːtərˌtɑːtər, 'tiːtəˌtɒtə(r)* * *['tiːtərˌtɑːtər, 'tiːtəˌtɒtə(r)] -
5 to teeter on the edge of something
estar al borde de algoEnglish-spanish dictionary > to teeter on the edge of something
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6 tambalearse
tambalearse ( conjugate tambalearse) verbo pronominal verbo intransitivo [silla/botella] to wobble; [ persona] to stagger; todo empezó a tambalearse everything began to shake
■tambalearse vr (persona) to totter, stagger: iba hacia la ventana tambaleándose, he staggered towards the window (un objeto) to wobble fig (un régimen, una relación) to teeter ' tambalearse' also found in these entries: Spanish: bambolearse - trastabillar English: lurch - reel - stagger - sway - totter - wobble - teeter - waver -
7 balancín
balancín sustantivo masculino ( de niños) seesaw, teeter-totter (AmE) ' balancín' also found in these entries: English: rocking horse - seesaw - rocking
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teeter — [tēt′ər] vi. [dial. titter < ME titeren < ON titra, to tremble, akin to Ger zittern < redupl. of IE base * drā , to step > TRAP1, TRIP] to totter, wobble, waver, etc. vt. to cause to teeter n. short for TEETER TOTTER … English World dictionary
teeter — (v.) 1843, to seesaw, alteration of M.E. titter move unsteadily, probably from O.N. titra to shake, shiver, totter, related to Ger. zittern to tremble. Noun teeter totter see saw is attested from 1905 … Etymology dictionary
teeter — [v] wobble back and forth balance, dangle, falter, flutter, lurch, pivot, quiver, reel, rock, seesaw, stagger, stammer, stumble, sway, teeter totter*, topple, totter, tremble, tremble precariously, waver, weave, wiggle; concept 145 Ant. stabilize … New thesaurus
Teeter — Tee ter, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Teetered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Teetering}.] [Prov. E. titter to tremble, to seesaw; cf. Icel. titra to tremble, OHG. zittar[=o]n, G. zittern.] To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
teeter — index beat (pulsate) Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
teeter — vb *shake, tremble, quake, totter, quiver, shiver, shudder, quaver, wobble, shimmy, dither … New Dictionary of Synonyms
teeter — ► VERB 1) move or balance unsteadily. 2) waver between different courses. ORIGIN Old Norse, shake, shiver … English terms dictionary
teeter — [[t]ti͟ːtə(r)[/t]] teeters, teetering, teetered 1) VERB (emphasis) Teeter is used in expressions such as teeter on the brink and teeter on the edge to emphasize that something seems to be in a very unstable situation or position. [V on n] Three… … English dictionary
teeter — Synonyms and related words: Lissajous figure, alternate, alternation, back and fill, back and forth, balance, battledore and shuttlecock, change, come and go, coming and going, cower, dither, dodder, ebb and flow, equivocate, falter, flounder,… … Moby Thesaurus
teeter — UK [ˈtiːtə(r)] / US [ˈtɪtər] verb [intransitive] Word forms teeter : present tense I/you/we/they teeter he/she/it teeters present participle teetering past tense teetered past participle teetered to stand or move in a way that is not steady and… … English dictionary
teeter — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. i. seesaw, rock, sway, totter, tremble; hesitate, vacillate. See oscillation, doubt. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. tremble precariously, seesaw, totter, wobble, sway, waver, dangle, reel, stagger, quiver,… … English dictionary for students