Seesaw

['siːsɔː] or ['si,sɔ]

Definition

(noun.) a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end.

(verb.) move up and down as if on a seesaw.

Checked by Janice--From WordNet

Definition

(n.) 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.

(n.) A plank or board adjusted for this play.

(n.) A vibratory or reciprocating motion.

(n.) Same as Crossruff.

(v. i.) To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.

(v. t.) To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.

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

Editor: Spence

Synonyms and Synonymous

n. [1]. Reciprocating motion.[2]. Tetter-totter, titter-totter.

Inputed by Jesse

Definition

n. motion to and fro as in the act of sawing: a play among children in which two seated at opposite ends of a board supported in the centre move alternately up and down.—adj. moving up and down or to and fro: reciprocal.—v.i. to move backwards and forwards.

Checker: Wendy