seesaw
v.
move back-and-forth, move up-and-down
seesaw
Noun
1. a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
(synonym) teeter-totter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board
(hypernym) plaything, toy
(part-holonym) playground
(derivation) teeter, totter
Verb
1. ride on a plank
(hypernym) play
(derivation) teeter-totter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board
2. move up and down as if on a seesaw
(hypernym) move
(derivation) teeter-totter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board
3. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
(synonym) teeter, totter
(hypernym) move
(derivation) teeter-totter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board
Seesawing
(p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Seesaw
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
About
SEESAW
<
language> An early system on the
IBM 701.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
(1994-12-15)
(c) Copyright 1993 by Denis Howe
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