Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A board with one end raised so that when an acrobat or tumbler jumps onto it, another performer standing on the opposite end is tossed into the air.
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- noun A
seesaw ;teetertotter . - noun A similar
board used byacrobats thatsends ahuman into the air when another humanjumps onto theopposite end.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
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Examples
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As often as three times a day, young Stoyan Palazov takes his place on the lower end of a circus teeterboard, a long plank with one end raised.
The Daily Carrot Principle Adrian Gostick 2010
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As often as three times a day, young Stoyan Palazov takes his place on the lower end of a circus teeterboard, a long plank with one end raised.
The Daily Carrot Principle Adrian Gostick 2010
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As often as three times a day, young Stoyan Palazov takes his place on the lower end of a circus teeterboard, a long plank with one end raised.
The Daily Carrot Principle Adrian Gostick 2010
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Who needs elephants and dancing bears when you can see acts ranging from Cirque standards like the teeterboard and Hand to Hand to contortionists and the amazing Wheel of Death where two men run in and around giant spinning wheels connected by a whirling axis?
Brett Greene: The Magic and Music of Cirque Du Soleil's Kooza 2009
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The Kovgar Troupe from Russia is also back with its jump rope and teeterboard act.
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The company, which features teeterboard acts, contortionists, jugglers, amazing strongmen, and trapeze artists in its acts, already has four resident shows at MGM-Mirage resorts in Sin City, and a fifth show is scheduled to open in June.
Lanni's MGM Mirage Enlists Cirque Du Soleil For Singapore Bid 2006
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I think the doors on the beach'the ones that led into the world you both came from-were like the pivot at the center of a child's teeterboard.
The Waste Lands King, Stephen, 1947- 1991
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The two-hour performances draw an average audience of 6,000 to the university's Redbird Arena and feature standard circus fare - juggling, tumbling, unicycles, teeterboard and clowns.
latimes.com - News 2011
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The teeterboard group specializes in catapulting people high into the air.
The Orange County Register - News Headlines : Top Stories 2010
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Running around the ramps, posts, hurdles, tubes and teeterboard of the agility course, many owners looked much more spent than their sometimes-recalcitrant dogs.
The Seattle Times 2009
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