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Teeter-totter

Definition: Teeter-totter

Teeter-totter

Noun

1. A plaything that is ridden up and down by children at either end.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Teeter-totter

Synonyms: seesaw (n), teeterboard (n). (additional references)

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Commercial Usage: Teeter-totter

DomainTitle

Books

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Teeter-totter

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Modern Translations: Teeter-totter

Language Translations for "teeter-totter"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Chinese 

  

è¹'跚地走è¹'è·š. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

mérleghinta (seesaw, teeter), libikóka (seesaw, teeter). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eeter-tottertay.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

gangorra (seesaw, teeter, weighing machine). (various references)

   

Thai

  

à¸à¸£à¸°à¸"านหภ(teeter). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: Teeter-totter

Misspellings

"Teeter-totter" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: teetertotter. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: Teeter-totter

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "e-e-e-e-o-r-r-t-t-t-t-t"

-4 letters: totterer.

-5 letters: trotter.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: Teeter-totter


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

54 65 65 74 65 72 2D 74 6F 74 74 65 72

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010100 01100101 01100101 01110100 01100101 01110010 00101101 01110100 01101111 01110100 01110100 01100101 01110010

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#84 &#101 &#101 &#116 &#101 &#114 &#45 &#116 &#111 &#116 &#116 &#101 &#114

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0054 0065 0065 0074 0065 0072 002D 0074 006F 0074 0074 0065 0072

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

54717186718415868186867184

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Translations: Modern
6. Derivations
7. Anagrams
8. Orthography
9. Bibliography


  

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