Meanings
plural dandle boards
- New EnglandA seesaw; teeter-totter.
In this section were swings for babies, a slide and a dandle board for larger babies, and sand boxes for lovers of mud pies.
1910, The Civic League Bulletin of Newport, R.I. - Volumes 5-8, page 71 more example
The dandle-board of Nigeria’s history has thrust the oligarchs upward; rendered insensate to citizenry travails, they render millions destitute, humiliated and bereft of hope.
2020 February 6, Olatunji Ololade, “This toxic underside”, in The Nation Newspaper
Synonyms & antonyms
nouna plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
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dandle board. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/dandle%20board
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