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Noun: seesaw  'see,so
  1. A plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
    - teeter [N. Amer], teeter-totter [N. Amer], teetertotter [N. Amer], teeterboard [N. Amer], dandle board [US, dialect]
     
  2. A series of up-and-down movements
Verb: seesaw  'see,so
  1. Ride on a plank
    - teeter-totter [N. Amer], teetertotter [N. Amer]
     
  2. Move up and down as if on a seesaw
     
  3. Move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
    - teeter, totter

Derived forms: seesaws, seesawing, seesawed

Type of: move, play, plaything, toy

Part of: playground

Encyclopedia: Seesaw