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Noun: teetertotter
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: seesaw)
  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 teetertotter in the playground";
    - seesaw, teeter [N. Amer], teeter-totter [N. Amer], teeterboard [N. Amer], dandle board [US, dialect]
Verb: teetertotter
Usage: N. Amer (elsewhere: seesaw)
  1. Ride on a plank
    "The children teetertottered in the playground";
    - teeter-totter [N. Amer], seesaw

Derived forms: teeter-tottering, teeter-tottered, teeter-totters, teetertotters, teetertottered

Type of: play, plaything, toy

Part of: playground

Encyclopedia: Teetertotter