Translations for „teeter“ in the English » German Dictionary

tee·ter [ˈti:təʳ, Am -t̬ɚ] VB intr + adv/prep

teeter

taumeln

teeter

schwanken

the old couple teetered down the road

das ältere Paar torkelte die Straße hinunter

to teeter around

herumschwanken

to teeter between sth fig

zwischen etw dat schwanken

to teeter on the brink [or edge] of a disaster fig

sich acc am Rande einer Katastrophe bewegen

tee·ter-tot·ter [Am ˈti:t̬ɚˌtɑ:t̬ɚ] N Am (see-saw)

teeter-totter

Wippe f

teeter-totter

Schaukel f A

teeter-totter

Gigampfi f CH inf

Examples from the PONS Dictionary (editorially verified)

to teeter on the brink [or edge] of a disaster fig

sich acc am Rande einer Katastrophe bewegen

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

Although he's always smiling, the bank he owns is teetering on the brink of failure.

en.wikipedia.org

A boy is teetering on the steep, slippery bank attempting to retrieve a football from the pool with a stick.

en.wikipedia.org

Like the world these apostles knew, the basket of food teeters perilously over the edge.

en.wikipedia.org

I was on the bottom stroke of this sort of teeter-totter mechanism that made the handcar run.

en.wikipedia.org

Thus, most of the trails also contain man-made obstacles like skinny bridges, twisting ladders raised above the ground, and teeter-totters to ride on.

en.wikipedia.org

One reviewer stated that the movie teeters on the brink of tedious but repeatedly saves itself with moments of cleverness or insight.

en.wikipedia.org

That song is also about losing control and how easy it is to lose the plot in life and teeter on the edge.

en.wikipedia.org

They would then dump the rice into a basket on a third teeter-totter.

en.wikipedia.org

The state teeters between two abnormal and harmful statuses.

en.wikipedia.org

The line-up changes created renewed drive and enthusiasm in a band that was by then teetering on the brink of collapse.

en.wikipedia.org