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teer

/tɪə̯/ UK
/tɪː/ UK
/tiːɹ/ UK
/tɪ(ə̯)ɹ/ US
/tiɹ/ US
/tɪɹ/ Canada
/tiɹ/ Canada
/tɪə̯/ Australia
/tiːɹ/ Australia
/tiə̯/ New Zealand
/tiːɹ/ New Zealand
/tiɹ/ Scotland
/ʈɪjɜ̯(ː)(ɾ)/ India
/ʈiːɾ/ India

Where it comes from

Borrowed from French tirer (“to draw, to pull”). Compare English tire.

verb teers · teering · teered

transitive To stir, as a calico-printer's sieve.

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"teer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/teer. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

APA

teer. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/teer

Chicago

"teer." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/teer.

BibTeX

@misc{teer_2026,
  title = {teer},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/teer},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}