'Seesaw' definitions:
Definition of 'seesaw'
(from WordNet)
noun
A plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end [syn: seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, teetertotter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board]
verb
Ride on a plank [syn: teeter-totter, teetertotter, seesaw]
verb
Move up and down as if on a seesaw
verb
Definition of 'Seesaw'
From: GCIDE
Definition of 'Seesaw'
From: GCIDE
- Seesaw \See"saw`\, v. t. To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion. [1913 Webster]
- He seesaws himself to and fro. --Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Seesaw'
From: GCIDE
- Seesaw \See"saw`\, a. Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Seesaw'
From: GCIDE
- Seesaw \See"saw`\, n. [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. [1913 Webster]
- 2. A plank or board adjusted for this play. [1913 Webster]
- 3. A vibratory or reciprocating motion. [1913 Webster]
- He has been arguing in a circle; there is thus a seesaw between the hypothesis and fact. --Sir W. Hamilton. [1913 Webster]
- 4. (Whist.) Same as Crossruff. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'seesaw'
From: GCIDE
- Crossruff \Cross"ruff`\ (-r?f`), n. (Whist) The play in bridge or whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also seesaw. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'seesaw'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alternate,
- alternately,
- alternation,
- back and fill,
- back and forth,
- back-and-forth,
- backward and forward,
- backwards and forwards,
- battledore and shuttlecock,
- cant,
- carousel,
- chute-the-chutes,
- chutes,
- coaction,
- come and go,
- coming and going,
- complementary distribution,
- concurrence,
- cooperation,
- ebb and flow,
- engagement,
- Ferris wheel,
- flounder,
- fluctuate,
- flux and reflux,
- flying horses,
- go through phases,
- hitch and hike,
- in and out,
- incline,
- interaction,
- interchange,
- intercommunication,
- intercourse,
- interlacing,
- intermeshing,
- interplay,
- intertwining,
- interweaving,
- interworking,
- lean,
- Lissajous figure,
- list,
- lurch,
- merry-go-round,
- mesh,
- meshing,
- metronome,
- mutatis mutandis,
- off and on,
- oscillate,
- oscillator,
- pass and repass,
- pendulate,
- pendulum,
- pitch,
- quid pro quo,
- reciprocal,
- reciprocally,
- reciprocate,
- reciprocation,
- reciprocative,
- rhythmic play,
- ride and tie,
- ring the changes,
- rock,
- rocker,
- rocking chair,
- rocking stone,
- roll,
- roller coaster,
- round and round,
- roundabout,
- seesawing,
- shift,
- shuffle,
- shuttle,
- shuttlecock,
- shuttlewise,
- sine wave,
- stagger,
- swag,
- sway,
- swing,
- teeter,
- teeter-totter,
- teeter-tottering,
- teeterboard,
- teetering,
- teetery-bender,
- tilt,
- tilter,
- tit for tat,
- to and fro,
- to-and-fro,
- totter,
- tottering,
- turn,
- up and down,
- up-and-down,
- ups and downs,
- vacillate,
- vary,
- vibrator,
- vice versa,
- waver,
- wax and wane,
- whip,
- whirligig,
- wibble-wabble,
- wigwag,
- wobble,
- yaw,
- zigzag