TEETER-TOTTER

Meaning of TEETER-TOTTER in English

noun

( NAmE ) = see-saw

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WORD ORIGIN

late 19th cent.: reduplication of teeter or totter .

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

TEETER-TOTTER — noun Date: circa 1905 seesaw 2b
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TEETER-TOTTER — I. ˈtēd.ə(r)ˌtäd.ə(r), ˈtētə(r)ˌtätə(r) intransitive verb Etymology: alteration of English dialect titter-totter, game of seesawing, from obsolete titter to teeter + …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TEETER-TOTTER — board which has a central base and a seat at both ends on which two people (usually children) sit and …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TEETER-TOTTER — noun Date: circa 1905 : seesaw 2b
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TEETER-TOTTER — Pronunciation: ' t ē -t ə r- ˌ tä-t ə r Function: noun Date: circa 1905 : SEESAW 2B
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
TEETER-TOTTER — [tee.ter-tot.ter] n (ca. 1905): seesaw 2b
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TEETER-TOTTER — teeter-totter BrE AmE ˈtiːt ə ˌtɒt ə AmE \ ˈtiːt̬ ə r ˌtɑːt̬ ə r ▷ teeter-totter|s z
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TEETER-TOTTER — ˈteeter-ˌtotter BrE AmE noun [countable] American English a large toy like a board on which two children sit, one at …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TEETER-TOTTER — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ Daphne had been playing with her friend Jason on the teeter-totter .
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TEETER TOTTER — Synonyms and related words : Ferris wheel, Lissajous figure, alternate, alternation, back and fill, back-and-forth, battledore and shuttlecock, carousel, chute-the-chutes, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TEETER-TOTTER — (американизм) (разговорное) качели
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
TEETER-TOTTER — n амер. разг. см. teeterboard
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
TEETER TOTTER — (n) качели
English-Russian Lingvistica'98 dictionary
TEETER-TOTTER — n амер. разг. см. teeterboard
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь - Апресян, Медникова
TEETER-TOTTER — n амер. разг. см. teeterboard
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
TEETER-TOTTER — (американизм) (разговорное) качели
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
TOTTER — chancelar; vacillar; (collapse) crular
English interlingue dictionary
TOTTER — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English toteren Date: 15th century 1. to tremble or rock as if about to fall …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TEETER — I. intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English titeren to totter, reel; akin to Old High German zittarōn to shiver Date: 1844 …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
TOTTER — I. ˈtäd.ə(r), -ätə- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English toteren, totren; perhaps akin to Old English tealtrian to waver, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TEETER — I. ˈtēd.ə(r), -ētə- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: alteration of earlier titter, from Middle English titeren to totter, reel, sway; …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TOTTER — (v. i.) To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver.
Английский словарь Webster
TOTTER — (v. i.) To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; as,an old man …
Английский словарь Webster
TEETER — (v. i. & t.) To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as …
Английский словарь Webster
TOTTER — ( v. i. ) To shake; to reel; to lean; to waver.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOTTER — ( v. i. ) To shake so as to threaten a fall; to vacillate; to be unsteady; to stagger; as,an …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TEETER — ( v. i. & t. ) To move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
TOTTER — — totterer , n. /tot"euhr/ , v.i. 1. to walk or go with faltering steps, as if from extreme weakness. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TEETER — /tee"teuhr/ , Chiefly Northern U.S. v.i. 1. to move unsteadily. 2. to ride a seesaw; teetertotter. v.t. 3. to tip …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
TOTTER — v. stagger, wobble, tremble, sway
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TEETER — v. be rocked, rock, swing, fluctuate
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
TOTTER — I. ˈtä-tər intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English toteren Date: 15th century 1. a. : to tremble or rock as if …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TEETER — I. ˈtē-tər intransitive verb Etymology: Middle English titeren to totter, reel; akin to Old High German zittarōn to shiver Date: …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
TOTTER — vi to shake; to reel; to lean; to waver. 2. totter ·vi to shake so as to threaten a fall; …
Webster English vocab
TEETER — vi & ·vt to move up and down on the ends of a balanced plank, or the like, as children …
Webster English vocab
TOTTER — ■ verb 1》 move in an unsteady way. 2》 [usu. as adjective ~ing ] (of a building) shake or rock …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TEETER — ■ verb 1》 move or balance unsteadily. 2》 (often ~ between ) waver between different courses. Origin C19: var. of …
Concise Oxford English vocab
TOTTER — [tot.ter] vi [ME toteren] (15c) 1 a: to tremble or rock as if about to fall: sway b: to become …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TEETER — [tee.ter] vi [ME titeren to totter, reel; akin to OHG zittaron to shiver] (1844) 1 a: to move unsteadily: wobble …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
TOTTER — totter BrE AmE ˈtɒt ə AmE ˈtɑːt̬ ə r ▷ totter|ed d ▷ tottering/ly ˈtɒt ə r ɪŋ /li AmE …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TEETER — teeter BrE AmE ˈtiːt ə AmE ˈtiːt̬ ə r ▷ teeter|ed d ▷ teetering ˈtiːt ə r ɪŋ AmE ˈtiːt̬ …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
TOTTER — / ˈtɒtə(r); NAmE ˈtɑːt-/ verb [ v ] 1. [usually + adv. / prep. ] to walk or move with …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TEETER — / ˈtiːtə(r); NAmE / verb [ v ] to stand or move in an unsteady way so that you look …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOTTER — tot ‧ ter /ˈtɒtə $ ˈtɑːtər/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive] [ Date: 1200-1300 ; Origin: Perhaps from a Scandinavian language …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TEETER — tee ‧ ter /ˈtiːtə $ -ər/ BrE AmE verb [intransitive] [ Date: 1800-1900 ; Origin: titter 'to move unsteadily' (14-20 …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
TOTTER — v. & n. --v.intr. 1 stand or walk unsteadily or feebly (tottered out of the pub). 2 a (of a …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TEETER — v.intr. 1 totter; stand or move unsteadily. 2 hesitate; be indecisive. øteeter on the brink (or edge) be in imminent …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
TOTTER — v. & n. v.intr. 1 stand or walk unsteadily or feebly (tottered out of the pub). 2 a (of a …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TEETER — v.intr. 1 totter; stand or move unsteadily. 2 hesitate; be indecisive. teeter on the brink (or edge) be in imminent …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
TOTTER — v. & n. --v.intr. 1. stand or walk unsteadily or feebly (tottered out of the pub). 2 a (of a …
Oxford English vocab
TEETER — v.intr. 1. totter; stand or move unsteadily. 2 hesitate; be indecisive. Phrases and idioms: teeter on the brink (or edge) …
Oxford English vocab
TOTTER — ( totters, tottering, tottered) 1. If someone totters somewhere, they walk there in an unsteady way, for example because they …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TEETER — ( teeters, teetering, teetered) 1. Teeter is used in expressions such as teeter on the brink and teeter on the …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
TOTTER — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. If someone ~s somewhere, they walk there in an unsteady way, for example because they are …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TEETER — (~s, ~ing, ~ed) 1. Teeter is used in expressions such as ~ on the brink and ~ on the edge …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
TOTTER — verb EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ She tottered into the room in red high-heeled shoes. ▪ The country's welfare system …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TEETER — verb COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ ADVERB on ▪ He was teetering on the brink of something serious. ▪ Instead Ralph …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
TOTTER — [verb] [I] - to move or walk in a way that is not well controlled, is shaking or is making …
Cambridge English vocab
TEETER — [verb] [I usually + adverb or preposition] - to appear to be about to fall while moving or standingDelia was …
Cambridge English vocab
TOTTER — Synonyms and related words : age, alternate, amble, back and fill, barge, blunder, bowl along, break down, bundle, capsize, careen, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TEETER — Synonyms and related words : Lissajous figure, alternate, alternation, back and fill, back-and-forth, balance, battledore and shuttlecock, change, come and …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
TOTTER — v. Function: verb 1 Synonyms: TEETER , falter, lurch, stagger, ||stammer, stumble, topple, wobble Related Words: shimmy 2 Synonyms: REEL …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TEETER — v. Function: verb to progress (as by walking) unsteadily FF1C; teetered along on 4-inch heels FF1E; Synonyms: falter, lurch, stagger, …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
TEETER — v. n. [ U.S. ] Seesaw, titter, titter-totter, tetter-totter.
Dictionary of English Synonyms

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary

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