Hypertext Webster Gateway: "teeter"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Teeter \Tee"ter\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Teetered}; p. pr. &
vb. n. {Teetering}.] [Prov. E. titter to tremble, to seesaw;
cf. Icel. titra to tremble, OHG. zittar[=o]n, G. zittern.]
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
teeter
v : move unsteadily, with a rocking motion [syn: {seesaw}, {totter}]
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