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Webster 1913 Edition
Seesaw
See′sawˊ
,Noun.
[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.
See′sawˊ
,Verb.
I.
[
imp. & p. p.
Seesawad
; p. pr. & vb. n.
Seesawing
.] To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.
See′sawˊ
,Verb.
T.
To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
He
seesaws
himself to and fro. Ld. Lytton.
See′sawˊ
,Adj.
Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.
Definition 2024
seesaw
seesaw
See also: see-saw
English
A seesaw.
Makeshift seesaws are used for acrobatics.
Alternative forms
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; a teeter-totter.
- A series of up-and-down movements.
- A series of alternating movements or feelings.
- Sir W. Hamilton
- He has been arguing in a circle; there is thus a seesaw between the hypothesis and fact.
- Sir W. Hamilton
Synonyms
- (structure of a plank balanced in the middle): teeter-totter
Translations
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movement
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Verb
seesaw (third-person singular simple present seesaws, present participle seesawing, simple past and past participle seesawed)
- (intransitive) To use a seesaw.
- (intransitive) To fluctuate.
- (transitive) To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
- Ld. Lytton
- He seesaws himself to and fro.
- Ld. Lytton
Translations
to use a seesaw