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Definitions for Seesaw

[1] a recreation in which two children alternately ride up and down while seated at opposite ends of a plank balanced at the middle.
[2] a plank or apparatus for this recreation.
[3] an up-and-down or a back-and-forth movement or procedure.
[4] Whist . a crossruff.
[5] moving up and down, back and forth, or alternately ahead and behind: It was a seesaw game with the lead changing hands many times.
[6] to move in a seesaw manner: The boat seesawed in the heavy sea.
[7] to ride or play on a seesaw.
[8] to keep changing one's decision, opinion, or attitude; vacillate.
[9] to cause to move in a seesaw manner.
[10] 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 feet
[11] the pastime of riding up and down on a seesaw
[12] an up-and-down or back-and-forth movement (as modifier ) a seesaw movement
[13] (intr) to move up and down or back and forth in such a manner; oscillate

Words related to Seesaw

vacillate, fluctuate, waver, teeter, alternate, sway, rock, teeter-totter

Words nearby Seesaw

seepage pit, seepy, seer, seeress, seersucker, seesaw, seethe, seething, sefer, sefer torah, seferiades

Origin of Seesaw

1630–40 as part of a jingle accompanying a children's game; gradational compound based on saw1

Word origin for Seesaw

C17: reduplication of saw 1 , alluding to the movement from side to side, as in sawing

Synonyms for Seesaw

fluctuate, teeter, vacillate, waver, alternate, rock, sway, teeter-totter