teeter
[verb]
Synonyms: wobble, rock, seesaw, stagger, sway, totter, waver

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Related Words: sway, weave

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

tee‧ter /ˈtiːtə $ -ər/ verb [intransitive]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: titter 'to move unsteadily' (14-20 centuries)]

1. to stand or walk moving from side to side, as if you are going to fall:
She teetered along in her high-heeled shoes.

2. be teetering on the brink/edge of something to be very close to being in an unpleasant or dangerous situation:
The country teetered on the brink of war.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲