teeterboard
noun
tee·ter·board
ˈtē-tər-ˌbȯrd 
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: a board placed on a raised support so that a person standing on one end of the board is thrown into the air if another jumps on the opposite end
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The high-wire artists, teeterboard performers and new aerial silks act are also highlights of a show that's full of them.
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Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 29 Jan. 2023
Malatsi has been a contortionist and acrobat, and performed on the teeterboard and as a DJ, among other jobs on his way to the ringmaster’s mic.
—Cindy Dampier, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2019
Death-defying leaps on the teeterboard commanded whoops from the audience.
—Nora McGreevy, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2019
By contrast, the teeterboard act seemed shaky, with four acrobats, taking turns jumping on a see-saw to catapult their somersaulting partners into the sky.
—Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2018
See Caribbean dancers, contortionists, acrobats, a hire-wire act, teeterboard, a giant wheel, Russian bar, elephants, motorcycles, and a mixed animal act featuring zebras and camels under the big top at Miramar Regional Park, 16801 Miramar Parkway.
—Jennifer Jhon, South Florida Parenting, 22 Mar. 2018
Among the world-class stars: the Sensational Sozonov, balancing on a teeterboard atop sky-high cylinders.
—Holly Millea, Smithsonian, 29 July 2017
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Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 29 Jan. 2023
Malatsi has been a contortionist and acrobat, and performed on the teeterboard and as a DJ, among other jobs on his way to the ringmaster’s mic.
—Cindy Dampier, chicagotribune.com, 5 Nov. 2019
Death-defying leaps on the teeterboard commanded whoops from the audience.
—Nora McGreevy, BostonGlobe.com, 20 June 2019
By contrast, the teeterboard act seemed shaky, with four acrobats, taking turns jumping on a see-saw to catapult their somersaulting partners into the sky.
—Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 30 Mar. 2018
See Caribbean dancers, contortionists, acrobats, a hire-wire act, teeterboard, a giant wheel, Russian bar, elephants, motorcycles, and a mixed animal act featuring zebras and camels under the big top at Miramar Regional Park, 16801 Miramar Parkway.
—Jennifer Jhon, South Florida Parenting, 22 Mar. 2018
Among the world-class stars: the Sensational Sozonov, balancing on a teeterboard atop sky-high cylinders.
—Holly Millea, Smithsonian, 29 July 2017
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teeterboard
noun
tee·ter·board
-ˌbō(ə)rd
-ˌbȯ(ə)rd
2
: a board placed on a raised support so that a person standing on one end of the board is thrown into the air if another person jumps on the opposite end
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