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teeter on the edge

  • 1 teeter

    intransitive verb

    teeter on the edge or brink of something — schwankend am Rande einer Sache (Gen.) stehen; (fig.) am Rande einer Sache stehen

    * * *
    tee·ter
    [ˈti:təʳ, AM -t̬ɚ]
    vi + adv, prep taumeln, schwanken
    the old couple \teetered down the road das ältere Paar torkelte die Straße hinunter
    ▪ to \teeter around herumschwanken
    ▪ to \teeter between sth ( fig) zwischen etw dat schwanken
    to \teeter on the brink [or edge] of a disaster ( fig) sich akk am Rande einer Katastrophe bewegen
    * * *
    ['tiːtə(r)]
    vi
    1) (= balance unsteadily) taumeln, schwanken

    to teeter on the brink or edge of sth (lit) — am Rand von etw taumeln; (fig) am Rand von etw sein

    2) (US: seesaw) wippen, schaukeln
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    teeter [ˈtiːtə(r)]
    A v/i
    1. besonders US schaukeln, wippen
    2. (sch)wanken:
    teeter on the edge of disaster (defeat) fig sich am Rande einer Katastrophe (Niederlage) bewegen
    B v/t besonders US mit seinem Stuhl etc schaukeln oder wippen oder umg kippeln:
    teeter one’s chair auch kippeln umg
    C s besonders US Wippe f
    * * *
    intransitive verb

    teeter on the edge or brink of something — schwankend am Rande einer Sache (Gen.) stehen; (fig.) am Rande einer Sache stehen

    * * *
    v.
    wippen v.

    English-german dictionary > teeter

  • 2 teeter

    tee·ter [ʼti:təʳ, Am -t̬ɚ] vi
    + adv/ prep
    taumeln, schwanken;
    the old couple \teetered down the road das ältere Paar torkelte die Straße hinunter;
    to \teeter around herumschwanken;
    to \teeter between sth ( fig) zwischen etw dat schwanken;
    to \teeter on the brink [or edge] of a disaster ( fig) sich akk am Rande einer Katastrophe bewegen

    English-German students dictionary > teeter

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