Coffee has initially been a food – chewed, not sipped. Early African tribes consume coffee by grinding the berries together, adding some animal fat, and rolling the treats into tiny edible energy balls.
TEETER
seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, teetertotter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board
(noun) a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
teeter, seesaw, totter
(verb) move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
teeter (third-person singular simple present teeters, present participle teetering, simple past and past participle teetered)
(intransitive) To tilt back and forth on an edge.
(figuratively) To be indecisive.
(figuratively) To be close to becoming a typically negative situation.
Noun
teeter (plural teeters)
(North America) A teeter-totter or seesaw.
Anagrams
• terete
Proper noun
Teeter (plural Teeters)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Teeter is the 5859th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 5892 individuals. Teeter is most common among White (92.48%) individuals.
Anagrams
• terete
Source: Wiktionary
Tee"ter, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. Teetered; p. pr. & vb. n. Teetering.] Etym: [Prov. E. titter to tremble, to seesaw; cf. Icel. titra to tremble, OHG. zittaron, G. zittern.]
Definition: 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. [U. S.] [The bobolink] alit upon the flower, and teetered up and down. H. W. Beecher.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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