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teetertotter

teetertotter

6.1
A long board balanced in the middle that children sit on and move up and down
  • noun
  • /ˈtiːtərˌtɔːtər/
  • US
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  • Tom fell off the teetertotter when his friend jumped off suddenly.

Examples

  • The children laughed as they played on the teetertotter in the park.

  • At the playground, the old wooden teetertotter was always busy after school.

  • The children love to play on the teetertotter.

  • Did you see the teetertotter in the playground?

  • At the playground, the old wooden teetertotter was always busy after school.

  • The children laughed as they played on the teetertotter in the park.

  • Tom fell off the teetertotter when his friend jumped off suddenly.

Synonyms

seesaw
vsteetertotter
13 1.0

A long board balanced in the middle that two children ride up and down

is the alternative form rather than the everyday label
teeter
vsteetertotter
  • US
10 6.2

A long board balanced in the middle that children ride up and down in a playground

refers instead to the simple playground device rather than formal apparatus
teeter-totter
vsteetertotter
  • US
1 3.4

A long board balanced in the middle that children ride up and down

is the unhyphenated single word form of the same board
teeterboard
vsteetertotter
1 9.5

A long narrow board balanced in the middle that people ride up and down

is limited to child play use and not specialized for acrobats
tilting board
vsteetertotter
  • Archaic
3.6

A long board balanced in the middle that children ride up and down

uses the general playground name rather than motion-focused term
dandle board
vsteetertotter
  • Archaic
4.9

A long board balanced in the middle that children ride up and down

is the standard modern form of the same playground equipment

How High

teeterboard
1 9.5
teetertotter
  • US
6.1
balance beam
4 4.4
plank
56 1.7

Surface Forms

teetertotter singular
teetertotters plural

Morphology

teetertotter = teeter + totter (transparent) = teeter + totter

A straightforward reduplicative compound from the verbs 'teeter' and 'totter'; the noun denotes the object that performs those motions.

Etymology

Teetertotter comes from the two simple verbs teeter and totter, both meaning 'to move unsteadily'. Because the words rhyme and suggest tipping, the name fits the long board that goes up at one end while the other goes down, just like a see-saw.