teetering

teetering
Synonyms and related words:
Lissajous figure, alternation, back-and-forth, coming and going, dilapidated, doddering, ebb and flow, fluctuation, flux and reflux, groggy, oscillation, pendulation, ramshackle, reciprocation, rhythmic play, ricketish, rickety, rocky, seesaw, seesawing, shaky, shifting, shuffling, sine wave, spidery, spindly, teeter, teeter-totter, teeter-tottering, teetery, to-and-fro, tottering, tottery, tumbledown, unsteady, ups and downs, vacillation, variation, vicissitude, wavering, wigwag, wobbly

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  • Teetering — 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 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • teetering on the brink (of something) — teetering on the brink/edge/(of something) phrase in a situation in which something bad is very likely to happen The organization is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. Thesaurus: in a dangerous situationsynonym Main entry: teeter …   Useful english dictionary

  • teetering on the edge (of something) — teetering on the brink/edge/(of something) phrase in a situation in which something bad is very likely to happen The organization is teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. Thesaurus: in a dangerous situationsynonym Main entry: teeter …   Useful english dictionary

  • teetering — tee·ter || tɪːtÉ™(r) v. be rocked, rock, swing, fluctuate …   English contemporary dictionary

  • teetering hinge — A hinge connecting a rotor blade to the hub and about which the blade rises and falls (i.e., flaps during its rotation). This permits the equalization of lift (or rotor thrust) between the advancing blade half and the retreating blade half of the …   Aviation dictionary

  • teetering rotor — An arrangement in which a pair of rotor blades are joined at the hub, which is free to move in a flapping sense, with the flapping hinge line lying on the rotor axis. Also called a seesaw rotor …   Aviation dictionary

  • teetering on the brink —  Almost failing.  ► “The economy teeters on the brink of a domestic debt trap.” (Euromoney, Sept. 1994, p. 175) …   American business jargon

  • teetering board — noun see teeterboard 1 …   Useful english dictionary

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  • Helicopter rotor — This article is about helicopter main rotor systems. For antitorque control, see tail rotor. Helicopter rotor The rotor head of a Sikorsky S 92 A helicopter main rotor or rotor system is a type of fan that is used to generate both the aerodynamic …   Wikipedia

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