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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024see•saw /ˈsiˌsɔ/USA pronunciation n. [countable]- a recreational device that is a long plank balanced at the middle, on which two children alternately ride up and down while seated at opposite ends.
- any procedure in which there are ups and downs.
adj. [before a noun] - moving up and down, back and forth, etc.:a seesaw battle in which one side attacked, gained ground, and then fell back.
v. [no object] - to ride on a seesaw:The children seesawed in the park.
- to move in a seesaw manner:Prices seesawed on the stock market all day.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024see•saw (sē′sô′),USA pronunciation n. - a recreation in which two children alternately ride up and down while seated at opposite ends of a plank balanced at the middle.
- a plank or apparatus for this recreation.
- an up-and-down or a back-and-forth movement or procedure.
- Games[Whist.]a crossruff.
adj. - moving up and down, back and forth, or alternately ahead and behind:It was a seesaw game with the lead changing hands many times.
v.i. - to move in a seesaw manner:The boat seesawed in the heavy sea.
- to ride or play on a seesaw.
- to keep changing one's decision, opinion, or attitude;
vacillate.
v.t. - to cause to move in a seesaw manner.
- gradational compound based on saw1 1630–40 as part of a jingle accompanying a children's game
Although seesaw (def. 2) is the most widely used term in the U.S., teetertotter is also in wide use in the Northern, North Midland, and Western regions. Tilting board and its variants tilt board and tiltering board are New Eng. terms, esp. Eastern New Eng., while tinter and its variant teenter are associated with Western New Eng. Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: seesaw /ˈsiːˌsɔː/ n - a plank balanced in the middle so that two people seated on the ends can ride up and down by pushing on the ground with their feet
- the pastime of riding up and down on a seesaw
- an up-and-down or back-and-forth movement
vb - (intransitive) to move up and down or back and forth in such a manner; oscillate
Etymology: 17th Century: reduplication of saw1, alluding to the movement from side to side, as in sawing |