Seesaw /(?)/

See·saw

Seesaw

n.
  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.
  2. A plank or board adjusted for this play.
  3. A vibratory or reciprocating motion.
    He has been arguing in a circle; there is thus a seesaw between the hypothesis and fact.
  4. Same as Crossruff. (Whist.)

Seesaw

v. i.

imp. & p. p. Seesawad; p. pr. & vb. n. Seesawing

  1. To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.

Seesaw

v. t.
  1. To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
    He seesaws himself to and fro.
    — Ld. Lytton.

Seesaw

a.
  1. Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.