Definition of "teeterboard" []

• Northeastern U.S. See seesaw. See Regional Note at teeter-totter. (noun)
• Northeastern U.S. A board with one end raised so that when an acrobat or tumbler jumps onto it, another performer standing on the opposite end is tossed into the air. (noun)

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• "As often as three times a day, young Stoyan Palazov takes his place on the lower end of a circus teeterboard, a long plank with one end raised."
• "Who needs elephants and dancing bears when you can see acts ranging from Cirque standards like the teeterboard and Hand to Hand to contortionists and the amazing Wheel of Death where two men run in and around giant spinning wheels connected by a whirling axis?"
• "The Kovgar Troupe from Russia is also back with its jump rope and teeterboard act."