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teeter

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1. teeter - Noun

2. teeter - Verb

4. Teeter - Proper noun

Meaning

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.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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Horror fiction shows us that the control we believe we have is purely illusory, and that every moment we teeter on chaos and oblivion. Clive Barker

When I entered West Point, some Americans still believed the Vietnam War might end honorably. By the time I graduated, South Vietnam did not exist. As cadets, we watched the war teeter and implode, and the historical sweep was not lost on us. Stanley A. McChrystal

Despair is a cavern beneath our feet and we teeter on its very brink. Geraldine Brooks

Residents who want to participate should first order and pay for their groceries from a store that offers curbside pickup, such as Target, Walmart, Harris Teeter, Publix or Food Lion. Source: Internet

Dave malnar/ hasn't voted yet: "i'm kind of teeter tottering between conservative and liberal and it's coming down to i'm really not going to say but it's an important election and i think everyone should vote." Source: Internet

Teeter linked the CIA's MKUltra program to mind control techniques that he claimed were used to control Sirhan. citation citation Conspiracy theorist Cathy O'Brien claims to have been subjected to the program since childhood. Source: Internet

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