1. A plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
   "The children took turns riding the seesaw in the playground";
   - 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
   "The stock market experienced a seesaw of gains and losses"

1. Ride on a plank
   "The children seesawed in the playground";
   - teeter-totter [N. Amer], teetertotter [N. Amer]
    
2. Move up and down as if on a seesaw
   "The boat seesawed on the rough waves"
    
3. Move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
   "The drunk man seesawed on the edge of the pavement";
   - teeter, totter

Derived forms: seesawed, seesaws, seesawing

Type of: move, play, plaything, toy

Part of: playground

Encyclopedia: Seesaw