seesaw as a noun: - 1
as a verb: - 1
- 2
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seesaw
noun
1 seesaw
A plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end.
synonyms: dandle board, teeter, teeter-totter, teeterboard, teetertotter, tilting board.
Roget 314:
oscillation;
vibration,
libration;
motion of a pendulum;
nutation;
undulation;
pulsation;
pulse.
alternation;
coming and going
etc.
v.;
ebb and flow,
flux and reflux,
ups and down.
fluctuation;
vacillation
etc.
(irresolution)
605.
wave,
vibratiuncle†,
swing,
beat,
shake,
wag,
seesaw,
dance,
lurch,
dodge;
logan†,
loggan†,
rocking-stone,
vibroscope†.
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Dutch: wipwap, wip
verb
1 seesaw
2 seesaw
Move up and down as if on a seesaw.
3 seesaw
Move unsteadily, with a rocking motion.
synonyms: teeter, totter.
Dutch: wankelen
adverb
Roget 149:
seesaw
etc.
(oscillation)
314;
off and on.
Roget 314:
to and fro,
up and down,
backwards and forwards,
hither and yon,
seesaw,
zigzag,
wibble-wabble†,
in and out,
from side to side,
like buckets in a well.
Roget 605:
irresolutely
etc.
adj.;
irresolved†,
irresolvedly†;
in faltering accents;
off and on;
from pillar to post;
seesaw
etc.
314.
Moby thesaurus: Ferris wheel, Lissajous figure, 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, 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, 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 ... show more.
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