What does teeter mean?
Definitions for teeter
ˈti tərteeter
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Princeton's WordNet
seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, teetertotter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle boardverb
a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
teeter, seesaw, totterverb
move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
Wiktionary
teeterverb
To tilt back and forth on an edge.
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teeter
Teeter refers to the act of moving unsteadily or precariously back and forth, as if being on the edge of losing balance. It may also refer to a see-saw, a type of play equipment that moves up and down on a pivot.
Webster Dictionary
Teeter
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
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Teeter
tē′ter, n. (U.S.) a see-saw.—v.i. to see-saw.
Surnames Frequency by Census Records
TEETER
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Teeter is ranked #5859 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Teeter surname appeared 5,892 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 2 would have the surname Teeter.
92.4% or 5,449 total occurrences were White.
2.3% or 141 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
2.1% or 129 total occurrences were Black.
1.9% or 112 total occurrences were of two or more races.
0.5% or 31 total occurrences were Asian.
0.5% or 30 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of teeter in Chaldean Numerology is: 7
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of teeter in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of teeter in a Sentence
It was like an ocean out there. I'm surprised I survived it. We didn't make it all the way around the parade, because it was just too much, the boats were mainly just teeter-tot-erring. A lot of them took on water by the nose. After that it was over, especially for the smaller boats.
Today I started my work. I started my work at some supermarket. Its name is Harris Teeter.
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