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seesaw: Meaning and Definition of
see•saw
Pronunciation: (sē'sô"), [key] — n.
- a recreation in which two children alternately ride up and down while seated at opposite ends of a plank balanced at the middle.
- a plank or apparatus for this recreation.
- an up-and-down or a back-and-forth movement or procedure.
- a crossruff.
—adj. - moving up and down, back and forth, or alternately ahead and behind: It was a seesaw game with the lead changing hands many times.
—v.i. - to move in a seesaw manner: The boat seesawed in the heavy sea.
- to ride or play on a seesaw.
- to keep changing one's decision, opinion, or attitude; vacillate.
—v.t. - to cause to move in a seesaw manner.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.