Thesaurus: teeter
To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter-totter.
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- v. i. & t. To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter-totter">titter-totter.
- n. a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
- v. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
- To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter- totter. [U. S.] [The bobolink] alit upon the flower, and teetered up and down. H. W. Beecher.
- To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or thelike, as children do for sport; to seesaw; to titter; to titter-totter">titter-totter. [U. S.][The bobolink] alit upon the flower, and teetered up and down. H. W.Beecher.
- v:100 v. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion