Teetertotter (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
- The children took turns playing on the teetertotter in the backyard.
- She sat on one end of the teetertotter, waiting for her friend to sit on the other end.
- The teetertotter was a favorite playground equipment among the kids in the neighborhood.
- He pumped his legs to go higher on the teetertotter, laughing with his sister at the other end.
- The old teetertotter in the park had been replaced with a new, safer model.