teeter : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: teeter	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
teeter n a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end Synonym(s): seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, teetertotter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board v move unsteadily, with a rocking motion [syn: teeter, seesaw, totter]
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Teeter \Tee"ter\, v. i. & t. [imp. & p. p. {Teetered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Teetering}.] [Prov. E. titter to tremble, to seesaw; cf. Icel. titra to tremble, OHG. zittar[d3]n, G. zittern.] 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.