"teeter-totter" meaning in All languages combined

See teeter-totter on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: teeter-totters [plural]
Etymology: Either from teeter + totter, or from a reduplication of either element. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|teeter|totter}} teeter + totter, {{glossary|reduplication}} reduplication Head templates: {{en-noun}} teeter-totter (plural teeter-totters)
  1. (Canada, US, often childish) A seesaw; a piece of playground equipment consisting of a long board with seats at either end, with a pivot point in the center. Tags: Canada, US, childish, often Categories (topical): Chairs, Recreation Translations (seesaw): houpačka (s oporou uprostřed) (Czech), wipwap (Dutch), balançoire [feminine] (French), brancidjeule [feminine] (Gallo), Wippe [feminine] (German), mérleghinta (Hungarian), libikóka (Hungarian), gangorra [feminine] (Portuguese), balancé [masculine] (Portuguese), каче́ли (kačéli) [plural] (Russian), balancín [masculine] (Spanish), gungbräda [common-gender] (Swedish), арғунчак (arġunčak) (Tajik), tahterevalli (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-teeter-totter-en-noun-Ib8X02hE Disambiguation of Chairs: 55 45 Disambiguation of Recreation: 51 49 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English, English apophonic reduplications, English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with language name categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English apophonic reduplications: 60 40 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of English entries with language name categories using raw markup: 70 30 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 69 31
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: teetertotter

Verb [English]

Forms: teeter-totters [present, singular, third-person], teeter-tottering [participle, present], teeter-tottered [participle, past], teeter-tottered [past]
Etymology: Either from teeter + totter, or from a reduplication of either element. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|teeter|totter}} teeter + totter, {{glossary|reduplication}} reduplication Head templates: {{en-verb}} teeter-totter (third-person singular simple present teeter-totters, present participle teeter-tottering, simple past and past participle teeter-tottered)
  1. (Canada, US, intransitive) To ride a seesaw. Tags: Canada, US, intransitive Categories (topical): Chairs, Recreation
    Sense id: en-teeter-totter-en-verb-fJKcWX4q Disambiguation of Chairs: 55 45 Disambiguation of Recreation: 51 49 Categories (other): American English, Canadian English
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: teetertotter

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

Download JSON data for teeter-totter meaning in All languages combined (5.7kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "teeter",
        "3": "totter"
      },
      "expansion": "teeter + totter",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "reduplication"
      },
      "expansion": "reduplication",
      "name": "glossary"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Either from teeter + totter, or from a reduplication of either element.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "teeter-totters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "teeter-totter (plural teeter-totters)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Canadian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "60 40",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English apophonic reduplications",
          "parents": [
            "Apophonic reduplications",
            "Reduplications",
            "Terms by etymology"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "77 23",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "70 30",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with language name categories using raw markup",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "69 31",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
          "parents": [
            "Terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Chairs",
          "orig": "en:Chairs",
          "parents": [
            "Furniture",
            "Sitting",
            "Home",
            "Body",
            "Society",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Recreation",
          "orig": "en:Recreation",
          "parents": [
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A seesaw; a piece of playground equipment consisting of a long board with seats at either end, with a pivot point in the center."
      ],
      "id": "en-teeter-totter-en-noun-Ib8X02hE",
      "links": [
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada"
        ],
        [
          "US",
          "American English"
        ],
        [
          "childish",
          "childish"
        ],
        [
          "seesaw",
          "seesaw"
        ],
        [
          "playground",
          "playground"
        ],
        [
          "board",
          "board"
        ],
        [
          "seat",
          "seat"
        ],
        [
          "pivot",
          "pivot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Canada, US, often childish) A seesaw; a piece of playground equipment consisting of a long board with seats at either end, with a pivot point in the center."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "childish",
        "often"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "seesaw",
          "word": "houpačka (s oporou uprostřed)"
        },
        {
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "seesaw",
          "word": "wipwap"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "seesaw",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "balançoire"
        },
        {
          "code": "roa-gal",
          "lang": "Gallo",
          "sense": "seesaw",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "brancidjeule"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "seesaw",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Wippe"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "seesaw",
          "word": "mérleghinta"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "seesaw",
          "word": "libikóka"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "seesaw",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "gangorra"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "seesaw",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "balancé"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "kačéli",
          "sense": "seesaw",
          "tags": [
            "plural"
          ],
          "word": "каче́ли"
        },
        {
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "seesaw",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "balancín"
        },
        {
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "seesaw",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
          "word": "gungbräda"
        },
        {
          "code": "tg",
          "lang": "Tajik",
          "roman": "arġunčak",
          "sense": "seesaw",
          "word": "арғунчак"
        },
        {
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "seesaw",
          "word": "tahterevalli"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "teetertotter"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "teeter-totter"
  ],
  "word": "teeter-totter"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "teeter",
        "3": "totter"
      },
      "expansion": "teeter + totter",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "reduplication"
      },
      "expansion": "reduplication",
      "name": "glossary"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Either from teeter + totter, or from a reduplication of either element.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "teeter-totters",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teeter-tottering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teeter-tottered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teeter-tottered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "teeter-totter (third-person singular simple present teeter-totters, present participle teeter-tottering, simple past and past participle teeter-tottered)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "American English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Canadian English",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "55 45",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Chairs",
          "orig": "en:Chairs",
          "parents": [
            "Furniture",
            "Sitting",
            "Home",
            "Body",
            "Society",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "51 49",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Recreation",
          "orig": "en:Recreation",
          "parents": [
            "Human activity",
            "Human behaviour",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ride a seesaw."
      ],
      "id": "en-teeter-totter-en-verb-fJKcWX4q",
      "links": [
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada"
        ],
        [
          "US",
          "American English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Canada, US, intransitive) To ride a seesaw."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "teetertotter"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "teeter-totter"
  ],
  "word": "teeter-totter"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English apophonic reduplications",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English verbs",
    "en:Chairs",
    "en:Recreation"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "teeter",
        "3": "totter"
      },
      "expansion": "teeter + totter",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "reduplication"
      },
      "expansion": "reduplication",
      "name": "glossary"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Either from teeter + totter, or from a reduplication of either element.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "teeter-totters",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "teeter-totter (plural teeter-totters)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "Canadian English",
        "English childish terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A seesaw; a piece of playground equipment consisting of a long board with seats at either end, with a pivot point in the center."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada"
        ],
        [
          "US",
          "American English"
        ],
        [
          "childish",
          "childish"
        ],
        [
          "seesaw",
          "seesaw"
        ],
        [
          "playground",
          "playground"
        ],
        [
          "board",
          "board"
        ],
        [
          "seat",
          "seat"
        ],
        [
          "pivot",
          "pivot"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Canada, US, often childish) A seesaw; a piece of playground equipment consisting of a long board with seats at either end, with a pivot point in the center."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "childish",
        "often"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "teetertotter"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "seesaw",
      "word": "houpačka (s oporou uprostřed)"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "seesaw",
      "word": "wipwap"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "seesaw",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "balançoire"
    },
    {
      "code": "roa-gal",
      "lang": "Gallo",
      "sense": "seesaw",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "brancidjeule"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "seesaw",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Wippe"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "seesaw",
      "word": "mérleghinta"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "seesaw",
      "word": "libikóka"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "seesaw",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "gangorra"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "seesaw",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "balancé"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "kačéli",
      "sense": "seesaw",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "каче́ли"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "seesaw",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "balancín"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "seesaw",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "gungbräda"
    },
    {
      "code": "tg",
      "lang": "Tajik",
      "roman": "arġunčak",
      "sense": "seesaw",
      "word": "арғунчак"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "seesaw",
      "word": "tahterevalli"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "teeter-totter"
  ],
  "word": "teeter-totter"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English apophonic reduplications",
    "English compound terms",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English entries with language name categories using raw markup",
    "English lemmas",
    "English multiword terms",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys",
    "English verbs",
    "en:Chairs",
    "en:Recreation"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "teeter",
        "3": "totter"
      },
      "expansion": "teeter + totter",
      "name": "compound"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "reduplication"
      },
      "expansion": "reduplication",
      "name": "glossary"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Either from teeter + totter, or from a reduplication of either element.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "teeter-totters",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teeter-tottering",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teeter-tottered",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "teeter-tottered",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "teeter-totter (third-person singular simple present teeter-totters, present participle teeter-tottering, simple past and past participle teeter-tottered)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "American English",
        "Canadian English",
        "English intransitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ride a seesaw."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "Canada",
          "Canada"
        ],
        [
          "US",
          "American English"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(Canada, US, intransitive) To ride a seesaw."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "Canada",
        "US",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "teetertotter"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "teeter-totter"
  ],
  "word": "teeter-totter"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable All languages combined dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-03 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (f4fd8c9 and c9440ce). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.