Definition of Seesaw

1. Verb. Ride on a plank.

Exact synonyms: Teeter-totter, Teetertotter
Generic synonyms: Play

2. Noun. A plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end.
Exact synonyms: Dandle Board, Teeter, Teeter-totter, Teeterboard, Teetertotter, Tilting Board
Group relationships: Playground
Generic synonyms: Plaything, Toy

3. Verb. Move up and down as if on a seesaw.
Generic synonyms: Move

4. Verb. Move unsteadily, with a rocking motion.
Exact synonyms: Teeter, Totter
Generic synonyms: Move

Definition of Seesaw

1. n. 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. v. i. To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.

3. v. t. To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.

4. a. Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.

Definition of Seesaw

1. Noun. 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 ¹

2. Noun. a series of up-and-down movements. ¹

3. Noun. a series of alternating movements or feelings ¹

4. Verb. To use a seesaw. ¹

5. Verb. To fluctuate ¹

6. Adjective. fluctuating. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Seesaw

1. to move up and down or back and forth [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Lexicographical Neighbors of Seesaw

seeress
seeresses
seerfish
seerhand
seers
seership
seerships
seersuckers
seerwood
sees
sees fit
sees in
sees through
sees to
seesaw (current term)
seesaw murmur
seesaw nystagmus
seesawed
seesawing
seesaws
seest
seeth
seethe
seethed
seether
seethers
seethes
seething
seethingly

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