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Teeter   /tˈitər/   Listen
Teeter

noun
1.
A plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end.  Synonyms: dandle board, seesaw, teeter-totter, teeterboard, teetertotter, tilting board.






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"Teeter" Quotes from Famous Books



... the stones as firmly as good lime mortar would, so we had to be careful that each stone, as it was laid, had a firm bearing. The stones were embedded in a thick layer of mud, and if they showed any tendency to teeter we propped them up by wedging small stones under them until they lay solid. Another thing that we were very careful about was to "break joints"; that is, to keep the joints in each layer of the stones from coinciding with those ...
— The Scientific American Boy - The Camp at Willow Clump Island • A. Russell Bond



Words linked to "Teeter" :   toy, move, playground, plaything



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