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titter-totter

titter-totter is the archaic form 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

Forms of titter-totter

pluraltitter-totters

Questions about titter-totter

What is titter-totter the archaic form of?
Titter-totter is the archaic form of teeter-totter.

Words near titter-totter in the dictionary

  1. tittays
  2. titted
  3. titted about
  4. titted up
  5. titter
  6. titter-totter
  7. titter-totters
  8. titteration
  9. tittered
  10. titterel
  11. titterels

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Adapted from Wiktionary: titter-totter (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.

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