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seesaw Definition


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seesaw
noun
    1. A plaything consisting of a plank balanced in the middle allowing people, especially children, when seated on the ends to propel each other up and down by pushing off the ground with the feet.
    2. The activity of using a seesaw.
    3. An alternate up-and-down or back-and-forth movement.
verb
    intr
    seesawed, seesawing
    1. To move alternately up-and-down or back-and-forth.
      Thesaurus: alternate, fluctuate, oscillate, hedge, waver, swing, teeter, flip-flop.
Etymology: 17c: a reduplication of saw2, from the sawing action.



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