0 past simple and past participle of teeter
1 to appear to be about to fall while moving or standing:
Danielle was teetering around in five-inch heels.
As a woman of questionable morals, she seemed to stand by as her family teetered on the brink of disaster.
Only three years ago the two states teetered on the verge of nuclear war.
People went from absolute poverty into low-income status and teetered on the edge.
He teetered on the edge of self-satisfaction in so far as concerns government policy.
Consequently, the country teetered toward economic dissolution and implosion.
Sales did not take off and the brothers' company teetered on bankruptcy.
At the beginning of the 1920s, the company teetered on the brink of collapse.
The companys new accessories failed to pick up the slack, and for the next three years the company experienced heavy losses and teetered on the edge of bankruptcy.
