teetery

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UK/ˈtiːtəɹi/

adjective

tending to teeter

Scrabble 10

Meanings

adjectiveteetery (comparative more teetery, superlative most teetery)

comparative more teetery · superlative most teetery

  1. tending to teeter

    the tower is completely taller than my head and also quite teetery

    2011, Joanna Nadin, Penny Dreadful Is a Record Breaker
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    Frank and Mary were making their way very carefully across the teetery old plank that led from the bank to the door.

    1939, Joseph Burke Egan, Character Building in Primary Grades: Grade Three

    Some of the boulders were teetery and tippety and some were not and you never knew which was which until you stepped on or grabbed one.

    2005, Larry Kaniut, Tales from the Edge: True Adventures in Alaska

Origin

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APA

teetery. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/teetery

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Chicago

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