| Main Entry: | teeter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wobble back and forth |
Synonyms: |
balance, dangle, falter, flutter, lurch, pivot, quiver, reel, rock, seesaw, stagger, stammer, stumble, sway, teeter-totter, topple, totter, tremble, tremble precariously, waver, weave, wiggle |
Antonyms: |
stabilize, steady |
| Main Entry: | dodder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | shake |
Synonyms: |
quiver, shiver, shudder, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, tremble, wobble |
| Main Entry: | falter |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | stumble, stutter |
Synonyms: |
be undecided, bobble, break, drop the ball, flounder, fluctuate, fluff, halt, hem and haw, hesitate, lurch, quaver, reel, rock, roll, scruple, shake, speak haltingly, stagger, stammer, stub toe, teeter, topple, totter, tremble, trip up, vacillate, waver, whiffle, wobble |
Antonyms: |
continue, endure, maintain, persist, remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | flop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall limply, collapse |
Synonyms: |
dangle, droop, drop, flag, flap, flounder, flutter, hang, jerk, lop, quiver, sag, slump, stagger, teeter, topple, toss, totter, tumble, wave, wiggle |
| Main Entry: | limp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk with faltering step |
Synonyms: |
clump, dodder, falter, flag, gimp, halt, hitch, hobble, hop, lag, scuff, shamble, shuffle, stagger, stumble, teeter, totter, waddle, walk lamely |
| Main Entry: | lurch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | move toward with jerk |
Synonyms: |
blunder, bumble, careen, dodge, duck, falter, flounder, heave, jerk, lean, list, move to the side, pitch, reel, rock, roll, seesaw, slide, slip, stagger, stumble, sway, swing, teeter, tilt, toss, totter, wallow, weave, wobble, yaw |
Antonyms: |
retreat |
| Main Entry: | oscillate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change back and forth |
Synonyms: |
be unsteady, dangle, fishtail, flicker, fluctuate, librate, lurch, palpitate, pendulate, pitch, pivot, reel, ripple, rock, roll, seesaw, stagger, sway, swing, switch, swivel, teeter, teeter-totter, thrash, toss, totter, undulate, vacillate, vary, vibrate, waddle, wag, waggle, waltz, wave, waver, whirl, wiggle, wobble |
| Notes: | oscillate means to be undecided about something or regularly swing from side to side, while osculate means to kiss or to come together - in mathematics it means to have three or more points coincident with |
Antonyms: |
remain, stay |
| Main Entry: | reel |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wobble; spin around |
Synonyms: |
bob, careen, falter, feel giddy, go around, lurch, pitch, revolve, rock, roll, shake, stagger, stumble, sway, swim, swing, swirl, teeter, titubate, totter, turn, twirl, waver, weave, wheel, whirl |
| Main Entry: | stagger |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | walk falteringly |
Synonyms: |
alternate, careen, dither, falter, halt, hesitate, lurch, overlap, pitch, reel, shake, stammer, step, sway, swing, teeter, titubate, topple, totter, vacillate, waver, wheel, whiffle, wobble, zigzag |
| Main Entry: | topple |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall or knock over; overthrow |
Synonyms: |
bring down, capsize, collapse, do a pratfall, fall, falter, founder, go belly up, go down, hit the dirt, keel over, knock down, land, lose it, lurch, nose-dive, oust, overbalance, overturn, pitch, plunge, slump, stagger, stumble, take a header, teeter, tip over, totter, tumble, turn over, unhorse, unseat, upset |
Antonyms: |
place, put, straighten |