What does seesaw mean?

Definitions for seesaw
ˈsiˌsɔsee·saw

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, teetertotter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle boardverb

    a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end

  2. teeter-totter, teetertotter, seesawverb

    ride on a plank

  3. seesawverb

    move up and down as if on a seesaw

  4. teeter, seesaw, totterverb

    move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

Wiktionary

  1. seesawnoun

    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

  2. seesawnoun

    a series of up-and-down movements.

  3. seesawnoun

    a series of alternating movements or feelings

  4. seesawverb

    To use a seesaw.

  5. seesawverb

    To fluctuate

  6. seesawadjective

    fluctuating.

  7. Etymology: Probably a frequentative imitative of rhythmic back-and-forth, up-and-down or zigzaging motion, such as teeter-totter, zigzag, flip-flop, ping-pong, etc., under the umbrella term of reduplication; also likely influenced by the verbs see and saw of either present or past tense.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Seesawnoun

    A receprocating motion.

    Etymology: from saw.

    His wit all seesaw, between that and this;
    Now high, now low, now master up, now miss,
    And he himself one vile antithesis. Alexander Pope.

  2. To Seesawverb

    To move with a reciprocating motion.

    Etymology: from saw.

    Sometimes they were like to pull John over, then it went all of a sudden again on John’s side; so they went seesawing up and down, from one end of the room to the other. Arbut.

Wikipedia

  1. Seesaw

    A seesaw (also known as a teeter-totter or teeterboard) is a long, narrow board supported by a single pivot point, most commonly located at the midpoint between both ends; as one end goes up, the other goes down. These are most commonly found at parks and school playgrounds.

ChatGPT

  1. seesaw

    A seesaw is a long plank balanced in the middle on a support, with a seat on each end, used especially by children for play, where one sits on each end and they alternately push off the ground with their feet to lift their side into the air. The seesaw's motion is a demonstration of the lever principle in physics. The term "seesaw" is also used metaphorically to describe a situation characterized by rapid, alternating changes.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Seesawnoun

    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. Seesawnoun

    a plank or board adjusted for this play

  3. Seesawnoun

    a vibratory or reciprocating motion

  4. Seesawnoun

    same as Crossruff

  5. Seesawverb

    to move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward

  6. Seesawverb

    to cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion

  7. Seesawadjective

    moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion

  8. Etymology: [Probably a reduplication of saw, to express the alternate motion to and fro, as in the act of sawing.]

Wikidata

  1. Seesaw

    A seesaw is a long, narrow board pivoted in the middle so that, as one end goes up, the other goes down.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Seesaw

    sē′saw, n. motion to and fro, as in the act of sawing: a play among children, in which two seated at opposite ends of a board supported in the centre move alternately up and down.—adj. moving up and down, or to and fro: reciprocal.—v.i. to move backwards and forwards. [Prob. a redup. of saw.]

CrunchBase

  1. Seesaw

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of seesaw in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of seesaw in Pythagorean Numerology is: 9

Examples of seesaw in a Sentence

  1. Greg Bassuk:

    We’re in a seesaw market, until there is more consistency in the trajectory of economic recovery, the double rotation trades we’re seeing right now will continue.

  2. Taylor Simone Ledward:

    ' If you see the world unbalanced, be a crusader that pushes heavily on the seesaw of the mind.' That's a quote from Chadwick Boseman, thank you, Screen Actors. Thank you, Chad.

  3. Sanita Belgrave:

    Life is your seesaw. You may not stay balanced long, but you can aim for a high after every low.

  4. Gerry Bell:

    It’s a seesaw effect; often when the Atlantic is more active the Pacific will be suppressed.

  5. Jeff Tjornehoj:

    If you are 100 percent long or 100 percent short, you are likely to end up nowhere, but with a clever manager and the right strategy, you can edge some gains from this seesaw market.

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