teeter

Main Entry:
teeter [tee-ter]
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: wobble back and forth
Synonyms: balance, dangle, falter, flutter, lurch, pivot, quiver, reel, rock, seesaw, stagger, stammer, stumble, sway, teeter-totter, topple, totter, tremble, tremble precariously, waver, weave, wiggle
Antonyms: stabilize, steady
Main Entry: falter
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: stumble, stutter
Synonyms: be undecided, bobble, break, drop the ball, flounder, fluctuate, fluff, halt, hem and haw, hesitate, lurch, quaver, reel, rock, roll, scruple, shake, speak haltingly, stagger, stammer, stub toe, teeter, topple, totter, tremble, trip up, vacillate, waver, whiffle, wobble
Antonyms: continue, endure, maintain, persist, remain, stay
Main Entry: flop
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fall limply, collapse
Synonyms: dangle, droop, drop, flag, flap, flounder, flutter, hang, jerk, lop, quiver, sag, slump, stagger, teeter, topple, toss, totter, tumble, wave, wiggle
Main Entry: limp
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: walk with faltering step
Synonyms: clump, dodder, falter, flag, gimp, halt, hitch, hobble, hop, lag, scuff, shamble, shuffle, stagger, stumble, teeter, totter, waddle, walk lamely
Main Entry: lurch
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: move toward with jerk
Synonyms: blunder, bumble, careen, dodge, duck, falter, flounder, heave, jerk, lean, list, move to the side, pitch, reel, rock, roll, seesaw, slide, slip, stagger, stumble, sway, swing, teeter, tilt, toss, totter, wallow, weave, wobble, yaw
Antonyms: retreat
Main Entry: oscillate
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: change back and forth
Synonyms: be unsteady, dangle, fishtail, flicker, fluctuate, librate, lurch, palpitate, pendulate, pitch, pivot, reel, ripple, rock, roll, seesaw, stagger, sway, swing, switch, swivel, teeter, teeter-totter, thrash, toss, totter, undulate, vacillate, vary, vibrate, waddle, wag, waggle, waltz, wave, waver, whirl, wiggle, wobble
Notes: oscillate means to be undecided about something or regularly swing from side to side, while osculate means to kiss or to come together - in mathematics it means to have three or more points coincident with
Antonyms: remain, stay
Main Entry: reel
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: wobble; spin around
Synonyms: bob, careen, falter, feel giddy, go around, lurch, pitch, revolve, rock, roll, shake, stagger, stumble, sway, swim, swing, swirl, teeter, titubate, totter, turn, twirl, waver, weave, wheel, whirl
Main Entry: stagger
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: walk falteringly
Synonyms: alternate, careen, dither, falter, halt, hesitate, lurch, overlap, pitch, reel, shake, stammer, step, sway, swing, teeter, titubate, topple, totter, vacillate, waver, wheel, whiffle, wobble, zigzag
Main Entry: topple
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: fall or knock over; overthrow
Synonyms: bring down, capsize, collapse, do a pratfall, fall, falter, founder, go belly up, go down, hit the dirt, keel over, knock down, land, lose it, lurch, nose-dive, oust, overbalance, overturn, pitch, plunge, slump, stagger, stumble, take a header, teeter, tip over, totter, tumble, turn over, unhorse, unseat, upset
Antonyms: place, put, straighten
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