Definition of "teeter-totter" [teeter-totter]

• Upper Northern & Western U.S. See seesaw. (noun)

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• "The girl saw the flash and yelped, and the woman turned to face Pa head-on, the kindling like a teeter-totter on her head."
• "The 3-year-old, four-pound Yorkshire, who wore a ribbon in her hair for the event, cleared several hurdles and tunnels, zigzagged through poles and traversed a teeter-totter at an average two yards per second in a race against the clock."
• "Much like the two people on this teeter-totter, it can go either way."