seesaw

see·saw

S0216700 (sē′sô′)n.1. A long plank balanced on a central fulcrum so that with a person riding on each end, one end goes up as the other goes down. Also called regionally dandle, dandle board, teedle board, teeter, teeterboard, teeter-totter, tilt¹, tilting board.2. The act or game of riding a seesaw.3. A back-and-forth or up-and-down movement.4. An action or process in which something repeatedly changes from one condition or situation to another: the seesaw in temperatures.intr.v. see·sawed, see·saw·ing, see·saws 1. To play on a seesaw.2. To move back and forth or up and down.3. To change back and forth from one condition or situation to another: The lead seesawed for much of the tennis match.

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[Reduplication of saw.]Our Living Language The seesaw is known regionally by many names. In southeast New England it is called a tilt or a tilting board. Speakers in northeast Massachusetts call it a teedle board, and around Narragansett Bay it is often called a dandle or dandle board. Teeter or teeterboard is used more generally in the northeast United States, while teeter-totter, probably the most common term after seesaw, is used across the inland northern states and westward to the West Coast. Both seesaw (from the verb saw) and teeter-totter (from teeter, as in to teeter on the edge) demonstrate the linguistic process called reduplication, where a word or syllable is doubled, often with a different vowel. Reduplication is typical of words that indicate repeated activity, such as riding up and down on a seesaw.

seesaw

(ˈsiːˌsɔː) n1. (Games, other than specified) a plank balanced in the middle so that two people seated on the ends can ride up and down by pushing on the ground with their feet2. (Games, other than specified) the pastime of riding up and down on a seesaw3. a. an up-and-down or back-and-forth movementb. (as modifier): a seesaw movement. vb (intr) to move up and down or back and forth in such a manner; oscillate[C17: reduplication of saw¹, alluding to the movement from side to side, as in sawing]

see•saw

(ˈsiˌsɔ)

n. 1. a recreational device on which two children alternately ride up and down while seated at opposite ends of a long plank balanced at the middle. 2. any movement or procedure characterized by ups and downs or vacillation. adj. 3. moving up and down, back and forth, or alternately ahead and behind. v.i. 4. to move in a seesaw manner. 5. to ride on a seesaw. 6. to vacillate. v.t. 7. to cause to move in a seesaw manner. [1695–1705; gradational compound based on saw¹]

seesaw

Past participle: seesawed
Gerund: seesawing

Imperative
seesaw
seesaw

Present
I seesaw
you seesaw
he/she/it seesaws
we seesaw
you seesaw
they seesaw

Preterite
I seesawed
you seesawed
he/she/it seesawed
we seesawed
you seesawed
they seesawed

Present Continuous
I am seesawing
you are seesawing
he/she/it is seesawing
we are seesawing
you are seesawing
they are seesawing

Present Perfect
I have seesawed
you have seesawed
he/she/it has seesawed
we have seesawed
you have seesawed
they have seesawed

Past Continuous
I was seesawing
you were seesawing
he/she/it was seesawing
we were seesawing
you were seesawing
they were seesawing

Past Perfect
I had seesawed
you had seesawed
he/she/it had seesawed
we had seesawed
you had seesawed
they had seesawed

Future
I will seesaw
you will seesaw
he/she/it will seesaw
we will seesaw
you will seesaw
they will seesaw

Future Perfect
I will have seesawed
you will have seesawed
he/she/it will have seesawed
we will have seesawed
you will have seesawed
they will have seesawed

Future Continuous
I will be seesawing
you will be seesawing
he/she/it will be seesawing
we will be seesawing
you will be seesawing
they will be seesawing

Present Perfect Continuous
I have been seesawing
you have been seesawing
he/she/it has been seesawing
we have been seesawing
you have been seesawing
they have been seesawing

Future Perfect Continuous
I will have been seesawing
you will have been seesawing
he/she/it will have been seesawing
we will have been seesawing
you will have been seesawing
they will have been seesawing

Past Perfect Continuous
I had been seesawing
you had been seesawing
he/she/it had been seesawing
we had been seesawing
you had been seesawing
they had been seesawing

Conditional
I would seesaw
you would seesaw
he/she/it would seesaw
we would seesaw
you would seesaw
they would seesaw

Past Conditional
I would have seesawed
you would have seesawed
he/she/it would have seesawed
we would have seesawed
you would have seesawed
they would have seesawed

seesaw

teeter-totter

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	seesaw - a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either enddandle board, teeter, teeterboard, teetertotter, teeter-totter, tilting boardplayground - yard consisting of an outdoor area for children's playplaything, toy - an artifact designed to be played with
Verb	1.	seesaw - ride on a plankteetertotter, teeter-totterplay - participate in games or sport; "We played hockey all afternoon"; "play cards"; "Pele played for the Brazilian teams in many important matches"
	2.	seesaw - move up and down as if on a seesawmove - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"
	3.	seesaw - move unsteadily, with a rocking motionteeter, tottermove - move so as to change position, perform a nontranslational motion; "He moved his hand slightly to the right"

seesaw

verbTo lean suddenly, unsteadily, and erratically from the vertical axis:lurch, pitch, roll, yaw.

Translations

跷跷板上下来回摇动

seesaw

(ˈsiːsoː) noun a long flat piece of wood, metal etc, balanced on a central support so that one end of it goes up as the other goes down. The boy fell off the seesaw in the park. 蹺蹺板 跷跷板 verb to move up and down like a seesaw. The boat seesawed on the crest of the wave. 上下(來回)搖動 上下（来回）摇动

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