New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: festering · lettering · metering · teething · tendering · tottering · weltering · stuttering · sweltering · weathering

teetering is a grammatical form of: teeter »

teeter

1 verb move unsteadily INTRANSITIVEshe was teetering on the edge of the couch bhí sí ina suí go guagach ar chorr an toilghe was teetering about in high heels bhí sé ag siúl thart go corrach i sála ardathey teetered to a halt a yard from the cliff edge mhoilligh siad go guagach gur stop siad slat ó cholbha na haille 2 verb vacillate INTRANSITIVEthe mood seemed to be teetering between sorrow and relief shílfeá go raibh an t-atmaisféar anonn is anall idir brón agus faoiseamh

teetering

adjectivear forbhásthere were teetering pallets stacked up on a lorry bhí pailléid a bhí curtha i gceann a chéile go míshocair ar leoraí, bhí pailléid ar forbhás ar leoraí

phrases

to teeter on the brink of sth

(also

to teeter on the verge of sth

, to teeter on the edge of sth

) they were teetering on the brink of starvation bhí siad i mbéal an bháis leis an ocras, bhí siad ar tí bás a fháil leis an ocrasthe country is teetering on the brink of ruin ní fada go dtitfidh an tóin as an tír

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