seesaw
Meanings
Plural: seesaws
Noun
- a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
- A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.
- A series of up-and-down movements.
- A series of alternating movements or feelings.
- An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement.
Verb
- ride on a plank
- move up and down as if on a seesaw
- move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
- To use a seesaw.
- To fluctuate.
- To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
Adj
- fluctuating.
Origin / Etymology
Probably a frequentative imitative of rhythmic back-and-forth, up-and-down or zigzagging motion, such as teeter-totter, zigzag, flip-flop, ping pong, etc., under the umbrella term of reduplication; also likely influenced by the verbs see and saw of either present or past tense.
Synonyms
dandle board, teeter, teeter-totter, teeterboard, teetertotter, tilting board, totter
Scrabble Score: 9
seesaw is a valid Scrabble (US) TWL wordseesaw is a valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
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