Word.ws English Dictionary

teeter-totters

teeter-totters is the plural of teeter-totter.

Meaning of teeter-totter

Noun

teeter-totter (plural teeter-totters)

  1. (Canada, US, childish, often) A seesaw; a piece of playground equipment consisting of a long board with seats at either end, with a pivot point in the center.
  2. (Atlantic-Canada, Northeastern, US, childish, often) A type of glider swing; a piece of playground equipment consisting of a tandem swing attached to a swingset, with two riders facing each other.

See all 3 meanings of teeter-totter

Questions about teeter-totters

What is teeter-totters the plural of?
Teeter-totters is the plural of teeter-totter.

Words near teeter-totters in the dictionary

  1. teeter-tail
  2. teeter-tails
  3. teeter-totter
  4. teeter-tottered
  5. teeter-tottering
  6. teeter-totters
  7. teeterboard
  8. teeterboarder
  9. teeterboarders
  10. teeterboards
  11. teetered

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: teeter-totters (page history and authors); teeter-totter (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “teeter-totters.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/teeter-totters. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.