Usually means: Balancing precariously on the edge.
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We found 14 dictionaries that define the word teetering:

General (12 matching dictionaries)
  1. teetering: Merriam-Webster
  2. teetering: Collins English Dictionary
  3. teetering: Vocabulary.com
  4. Teetering, teetering: Wordnik
  5. teetering: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. teetering: Wiktionary
  7. teetering: Dictionary.com
  8. teetering: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Teetering: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  10. Teetering: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  11. teetering: FreeDictionary.org
  12. teetering: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. teetering: Legal dictionary

Slang (1 matching dictionary)
  1. teetering: Urban Dictionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (teetering)

▸ noun:  A precarious motion or situation, risking a fall or collapse.

Similar:
totter, seesaw, teeterer, stagger, wobble, titter-totter, tumbling, titubation, tightrope, tombé, more...

Opposite:
stable, steady, secure, balanced

Types:
tottering, teetering on brink, unsteady, wobbling, precarious, more...

Phrases:
teetering on the brink, teetering on the edge, more...

Adjectives:
joyous, constant, excessive, awkward, more



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Similar:
totter, seesaw, teeterer, stagger, wobble, titter-totter, tumbling, titubation, tightrope, tombé, more...

Opposite:
stable, steady, secure, balanced

Types:
tottering, teetering on brink, unsteady, wobbling, precarious, more...

Phrases:
teetering on the brink, teetering on the edge, more...

Adjectives:
joyous, constant, excessive, awkward, more



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