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titter-totter
titter-totter, n. (adv.) Now dial. (ˈtɪtəˈtɒtə(r)) Also 9 titter-a-tauter, titter-cum-totter, etc.: see Eng. Dial. Dict. [Reduplication from stem of titter v.2 or totter v.] 1. The pastime of see-saw. Also, a see-saw.1530 Palsgr. 282/1 Tytter totter, a play for chyldre, balenchoeres. 1607 R. C[arew]...
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teeter-totter
teeter-totter, n. (and a.) dial. and N. Amer. (ˈtiːtəˌtɒtə(r)) [Reduplication from stem of teeter v. or totter v.; cf. titter-totter n. (adv.) and teeter-totter (vb.) s.v. teeter v. 1 b.] A see-saw; formerly also, the game of see-saw. Also attrib. or as adj.[1895 W. Rye Gloss. Words E. Anglia 225 Te...
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totter
▪ I. totter, n.1 (ˈtɒtə(r)) Forms: 4–5 totre, 5 totyr, totoure, 6– totter. [f. totter v. Cf. Flem., Du. (and WFris.) touter in sense 1.] † 1. A swing; a board suspended by two ropes, on which a person sits and is swung to and fro.1387 Trevisa Higden (Rolls) II. 387 Whan men [fel] of þe totres and we...
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titter
▪ I. † ˈtitter, n.1 Obs. rare. [Derivation unascertained.] Some kind of weed found in cornfields; perh. a wild vetch (strangle-tare, tine).1573 Tusser Husb. (1878) 109 The titters or tine Makes hop to pine. Ibid. 113 From wheat go and rake out the titters or tine, If eare be not foorth, it will rise...
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jig-a-jog
jig-a-jig, jig-a-jog [See also jig-jig.] Imitative words expressing reiteration or alternation of light, short, jerky movements (see jig v. 2, jog v. 3); they may be used: 1. a. as adv. = with a jigging or jogging motion; b. as adj. = having such a motion; c. as n. = such motion itself; d. as v. = t...
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