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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
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
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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