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teeter
verb
1 Daisy teetered toward them in her high-heeled boots:
totter, walk unsteadily, wobble, toddle;
sway, rock, try to keep one's balance;
stagger, stumble, reel, roll, lurch, pitch;
Scottish stot.
2 the situation teetered between tragedy and farce:
see-saw, veer, fluctuate, oscillate, swing, yo-yo, alternate;
waver, wobble;
North American teeter-totter.