1. teeter-totter - Noun
2. teeter-totter - Verb
ride on a plank
Source: WordNetteeter totter
For each Joan of Arc there is a Hitler perched at the other end of the teeter-totter. Charles Bukowski
No, see the slide's too high. He could fall and get a concussion. (Wulf) Forget that. He could rack himself on the teeter-totter. (Chris) Teeter-totter nothing. The swings are a choking hazard. Whose idea was it for him to have this? (Urian) Sherrilyn Kenyon
I understand that one of the purposes of bipartisanship is to cram something difficult and necessary down the American people's gullets for which neither party has the fortitude to assume full responsibility. It's a way of turning a possible gangplank into a teeter-totter. James Wolcott