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1. (n.) seesaw
a recreational device on which two children alternately ride up and down while seated at opposite ends of a long plank balanced at the middle.
2. seesaw
any movement or procedure characterized by ups and downs or vacillation.
3. (adj.) seesaw
moving up and down, back and forth, or alternately ahead and behind.
4. (v.i.) seesaw
to move in a seesaw manner.
5. seesaw
to ride on a seesaw.
6. seesaw
to vacillate.
7. (v.t.) seesaw
to cause to move in a seesaw manner.
Etymology: (1695–1705; gradational compound based on saw1)
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| Definition of 'seesaw' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (verb) seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, teetertotter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board
a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
2. (verb) teeter-totter, teetertotter, seesaw
ride on a plank
3. (verb) seesaw
move up and down as if on a seesaw
4. (verb) teeter, seesaw, totter
move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
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1. (noun) seesaw
an outdoor toy consisting of a board that tips from one side to the other with a child sitting on each end
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| Definition of 'seesaw' |
Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) seesaw
moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion
2. (noun) seesaw
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
3. (noun) seesaw
a plank or board adjusted for this play
4. (noun) seesaw
a vibratory or reciprocating motion
5. (noun) seesaw
same as Crossruff
6. (verb) seesaw
to move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward
7. (verb) seesaw
to cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion
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Sense: a long flat piece of wood, metal etc, balanced on a central support so that one end of it goes up as the other goes down
The boy fell off the seesaw in the park.
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 Afrikaans: wipplank |
 Arabic: أُرْجوحَه |
 Bulgarian: люлка |
 Brazilian: gangorra |
 Czech: houpačka |
 German: die Wippe |
 Danish: vippe |
 Greek: τραμπάλα |
 Spanish: balancín |
 Estonian: kiigelaud |
 Farsi: الاكلنگ |
 Finnish: keinulauta |
 French: bascule |
 Hebrew: נַדנדָת שִיווּי-מִשקָל |
 Hindi: झूमा-झूमी |
 Croatian: ljuljačka, klackalica |
 Hungarian: libikóka |
 Indonesian: jungkat-jungkit |
 Icelandic: vegasalt |
 Italian: altalena |
 Japanese: シーソー |
 Korean: 시소 |
 Lithuanian: sūpuoklės |
 Latvian: šūpoļu dēlis |
 Malay: jongkang-jongket |
 Dutch: wip |
 Norwegian: vippehuske |
 Polish: huśtawka |
 Persian: الاكلنگ |
 Pashto: باڼيچك يا باڼي چغ، غنجلبي |
 Portuguese: gangorra |
 Romanian: leagăn |
 Russian: доска-качели |
 Slovak: hojdačka |
 Slovenian: gugalnica |
 Serbian: klackalica |
 Swedish: gungbräda |
 Thai: กระดานหก |
 Turkish: tahteravalli |
 Taiwanese: 蹺蹺板 |
 Ukrainian: гойдалка; дошка через кол |
 Urdu: تختے کا جھولا |
 Vietnamese: ván bập bênh |
 Chinese: 跷跷板 |
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