teeter

Meanings

Plural: teeters

Noun

• a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
• A teeter-totter or seesaw.

Verb

• move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
• To tilt back and forth on an edge.
• To totter (move unsteadily).
• To be indecisive; to hesitate.
• To be close to becoming a typically negative situation.

Synonyms

dandle board, seesaw, teeter-totter, teeterboard, teetertotter, tilting board, totter