tee·ter
(tḗtər)
[Middle English titeren, probably from Old Norse titra, to shake.]
verb: -tered, -ter·ing, -ters.
intransitive verb
- To walk or move unsteadily or unsurely; totter.
- To alternate, as between opposing attitudes or positions; vacillate.
- To seesaw.
transitive verb
- To cause to teeter or seesaw.
noun
Northeastern U.S.- See seesaw
- A teetering motion.
see·saw
(sḗsố)
[Reduplication of saw1.]
noun
- A long plank balanced on a central fulcrum so that with a person riding on each end, one end goes up as the other goes down. Also called Also called regionally dandle, dandle board, teedle board, teeter, teeterboard, teeter-totter, tilt1, tilting board
- The act or game of riding a seesaw.
- A back-and-forth or up-and-down movement, as of the lead between two contesting parties.
intransitive verb: -sawed, -saw·ing, -saws.
- To play on a seesaw.
- To move back and forth or up and down.
