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seesaw
('s/i/,s/O/ )

adjective (a)

  • Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.(adjective)
    source: webster1913

noun (n)

  • a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end(noun.artifact)
    Synonym:
    dandle board, teeter, teeter-totter, teeterboard, teetertotter, tilting board
    source: wordnet30
  • 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.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • ride on a plank(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    teeter-totter, teetertotter
    source: wordnet30
  • move up and down as if on a seesaw(verb.motion)
    source: wordnet30
  • move unsteadily, with a rocking motion(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    teeter, totter
    source: wordnet30
  • To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.(verb)
    source: webster1913
  • To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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