teeterboard

teeterboard
/tee"teuhr bawrd', -bohrd'/, n.
1. a seesaw; teeter.
2. a similar board used by acrobats and tumblers that propels a person into the air when another person jumps onto the opposite end.
[1835-45, Amer.; TEETER + BOARD]

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