Chiefly North American; countable.
Translations
The children took turns on the teeter-totter.
Дети по очереди качались на качелях-качалке.
Definitions
a playground device with a long board balanced in the middle, used by two children who sit at opposite ends and move up and down alternately The children took turns on the teeter-totter.
Chiefly North American; regular verb.
Translations
The raft teeter-tottered on the waves.
Definitions
to move up and down alternately on a pivot or balance; to make something do this The raft teeter-tottered on the waves.
to fluctuate or waver between two states, outcomes, or choices The negotiations teeter-tottered between progress and collapse.
Attributive/relational use only; no comparative or superlative forms.
Translations
The bridge gave the car a teeter-totter motion.
Мост придавал машине качающееся движение.
Definitions
used attributively to describe something that involves or resembles a teeter-totter; alternating or unsteady The bridge gave the car a teeter-totter motion.