teeter Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
    tilting board; teeter-totter; teetertotter; seesaw; dandle board; teeterboard.
  2. verb move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
    totter; seesaw.

WordNet

Tee"ter intransitive verb & transitive verb
Etymology
Prov. E. titter to tremble, to seesaw; cf. Icel. titra to tremble, OHG. zittaron, G. zittern.
Wordforms
imperfect & past participle Teetered ; present participle & verbal noun Teetering
Definitions
  1. 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.

Webster 1913