different between teeter vs pulsate

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

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin puls?tus, from puls? (“I strike repeatedly”), from pell? (“I strike”). Doublet of push.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /p?l?se?t/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?p?l.se?t/

Verb

pulsate (third-person singular simple present pulsates, present participle pulsating, simple past and past participle pulsated)

1. To expand and contract rhythmically; to throb or to beat.
2. To quiver, vibrate, or flash; as to the beat of music.
3. To produce a recurring increase and decrease of some quantity.

Derived terms

Related terms

• pulsar

Translations

Anagrams

• puteals, septula, spatule, upsteal

Ido

Verb

pulsate

1. adverbial present passive participle of pulsar

Italian

Verb

pulsate

1. second-person plural present indicative of pulsare
2. second-person plural imperative of pulsare

Verb

pulsate f pl

1. feminine plural of pulsato

Anagrams

• spatule
• spulate

Latin

Verb

puls?te

1. second-person plural present active imperative of puls?