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
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.
teeter (plural teeters)
(North America) A teeter-totter or seesaw.
• terete
Teeter (plural Teeters)
A surname.
• 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.
• 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
24 December 2024
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
Coffee starts as a yellow berry, changes into a red berry, and then is picked by hand to harvest. The red berry is de-shelled through a water soaking process and what’s left inside is the green coffee bean. This bean then dries in the sun for 3-5 days, where it is then packed and ready for sale.
