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Teeter-totter (Noun)

Meaning

A plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end.

Classification

Nouns denoting man-made objects.

Examples

  • Children at the park loved to ride the teeter-totter and scream with excitement as they soared through the air.
  • At recess, my best friend and I always tried to find a spot on the teeter-totter where we could both get on and not tip the other person off.
  • I broke my arm on the teeter-totter in third grade and was extremely sad when my parents took it down.
  • Summer afternoons spent at my grandparents' house were made perfect by riding on their teeter-totter.
  • Every morning the children gathered near the big tree where they played with an old but still-fun teeter-totter left there since my grandfather was young.

Synonyms

  • Dandle Board
  • Seesaw
  • Teeter
  • Tilting Board
  • Teetertotter
  • Teeterboard

Hypernyms

  • Toy
  • Plaything
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