SEESAWS

Verb

seesaws

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of seesaw

Source: Wiktionary


SEESAW

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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