Found 3 items, similar to Seesaw.
English → Indonesian (quick)
Definition: seesaw
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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: seesaw
seesaw
n : a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the
board is ridden up and down by children at either end
[syn:
teeter-totter,
teeterboard,
tilting board,
dandle board
]
v 1: ride on a plank
2: move up and down as if on a seesaw
3: move unsteadily, with a rocking motion [syn:
teeter,
totter]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Seesaw
Seesaw
\See"saw`\, n. [Probably a reduplication of saw, to
express the alternate motion to and fro, as in the act of
sawing.]
1. A play among children in which they are seated upon the
opposite ends of a plank which is balanced in the middle,
and move alternately up and down.
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2. A plank or board adjusted for this play.
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3. A vibratory or reciprocating motion.
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He has been arguing in a circle; there is thus a
seesaw between the hypothesis and fact. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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4. (Whist.) Same as
Crossruff.
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Seesaw
\See"saw`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p.
Seesawad; p. pr. & vb.
n.
Seesawing.]
To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and
forward, or upward and downward.
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Seesaw
\See"saw`\, v. t.
To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
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He seesaws himself to and fro. --Ld. Lytton.
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Seesaw
\See"saw`\, a.
Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating
motion.
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