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dandle board

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dandle board  
n.   Narragansett Bay
See seesaw. See Regional Note at teeter-totter.
see·saw   (sē'sô')   
n.  
  1. A long plank balanced on a central fulcrum so that with a person riding on each end, one end goes up as the other goes down. Also called regionally dandle, dandle board, teedle board, teeter, teeterboard, teeter-totter, tilt1, tilting board. See Regional Note at teeter-totter.

  2. The act or game of riding a seesaw.

  3. A back-and-forth or up-and-down movement, as of the lead between two contesting parties.

intr.v.   see·sawed, see·saw·ing, see·saws
  1. To play on a seesaw.

  2. To move back and forth or up and down.


[Reduplication of saw1.]
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