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Verb: teeter  tee-tu(r)
  1. Move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
    "The drunk man teetered on the edge of the pavement";
    - seesaw, totter
Noun: teeter  tee-tu(r)
Usage: N. Amer
  1. A plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
    "The children took turns riding the teeter in the playground";
    - seesaw, teeter-totter [N. Amer], teetertotter [N. Amer], teeterboard [N. Amer], dandle board [US, dialect]

Derived forms: teetering, teetered, teeters

Type of: move, plaything, toy

Part of: playground

Encyclopedia: Teeter, Robert