teetery
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Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈtiːtəɹi/
Adjective edit
teetery (comparative more teetery, superlative most teetery)
- tending to teeter
- 1939, Joseph Burke Egan, Character Building in Primary Grades: Grade Three:
- Frank and Mary were making their way very carefully across the teetery old plank that led from the bank to the door.
- 2005, Larry Kaniut, Tales from the Edge: True Adventures in Alaska:
- 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.
- 2011, Joanna Nadin, Penny Dreadful Is a Record Breaker:
- the tower is completely taller than my head and also quite teetery