Ever so briefly it appeared his regime was beginning to totter, but then it passed.
From the cnn.com
But he preferred to jump over the teeter-totter instead of going up and down on it.
From the stltoday.com
They totter about upright, with their flipper arms and their tuxedo markings.
From the time.com
Joakim Noah has spent his rookie season in the NBA riding a teeter totter.
From the orlandosentinel.com
In nature's teeter-totter effect, uncommon negative low tides will follow.
From the sfgate.com
Middle East theocracies and dictatorships have either fallen or now totter.
From the ocregister.com
Playa spectators watch the movement of the teeter totter on Tuesday, August 29, 2006.
From the sfgate.com
It's not easy and, with Tom and I hoisting him up, we worry that he might totter and fall.
From the guardian.co.uk
Life is a teeter-totter, a balancing act of ins and outs, highs and lows.
From the jsonline.com
More examples
Move without being stable, as if threatening to fall; "The drunk man tottered over to our table"
Toddle: walk unsteadily; "small children toddle"
Teeter: move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
An unsteady movement or gait; A rag and bone man; To walk,move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall; To collect junk or scrap
N. 1. A refuse collector who picks over collected rubbish for anything which is salable. A now almost extinct version of a totter is a rag and bone man. He usually drives a horse and cart and collects household items. ...