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meeter

English

Etymology

meet +? -er

Noun

meeter (plural meeters)

  1. One who meets.

References

  • meeter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Adjective

meeter

  1. comparative form of meet: more meet

Anagrams

  • E-meter, remeet, teemer

Estonian

Noun

meeter (genitive meetri, partitive meetrit)

  1. meter (unit of measurement)

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

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teeter

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /?ti?t?/
  • (General American) IPA(key): /?tit??/, [?t?i??]

Etymology

Alteration of titter.

Verb

teeter (third-person singular simple present teeters, present participle teetering, simple past and past participle teetered)

  1. (intransitive) To tilt back and forth on an edge.
    He teetered on the brink of the precipice.
  2. (figuratively) To be indecisive.
    We teetered on the fence about buying getaway tickets and missed the opportunity.
  3. (figuratively) To be close to becoming a typically negative situation.
    Despite appearances, the firm was teetering on the edge of bankruptcy.

Derived terms

  • teeterer
  • teeter-totter
  • teeterboard

Translations

Noun

teeter (plural teeters)

  1. (Canada, US) A teeter-totter or seesaw.

Anagrams

  • terete

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