SEESAW

seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, teetertotter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board

(noun) a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end

teeter, seesaw, totter

(verb) move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

seesaw

(verb) move up and down as if on a seesaw

teetertotter, teeter-totter, seesaw

(verb) ride on a plank

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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Etymology

Noun

seesaw (plural seesaws)

A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.

Synonym: teeter-totter

A series of up-and-down movements.

A series of alternating movements or feelings.

Verb

seesaw (third-person singular simple present seesaws, present participle seesawing, simple past and past participle seesawed)

(intransitive) To use a seesaw.

(intransitive, by extension) To fluctuate.

(transitive) To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.

Adjective

seesaw (comparative more seesaw, superlative most seesaw)

fluctuating.

Anagrams

• Weases

Source: Wiktionary

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See"saw`, n. Etym: [Probably a reduplication of saw, to express the alternate motion to and fro, as in the act of sawing.]

1. A play among children in which they are seated upon the opposite ends of a plank which is balanced in the middle, and move alternately up and down.

2. A plank or board adjusted for this play.

3. A vibratory or reciprocating motion. He has been arguing in a circle; there is thus a seesaw between the hypothesis and fact. Sir W. Hamilton.

4. (Whist.)

Definition: Same as Crossruff.

See"saw`, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Seesawad; p. pr. & vb. n. Seesawing.]

Definition: To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.

See"saw`, v. t.

Definition: To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion. He seesaws himself to and fro. Ld. Lytton.

See"saw`, a.

Definition: Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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