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noun

Seesaw 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.

A plank or board adjusted for this play.

A vibratory or reciprocating motion. "He has been arguing in a circle; there is thus a seesaw between the hypothesis and fact."

(Whist.) Same as Crossruff.

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Etymology of 'Seesaw'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Seesaw" Quotes from Famous Books

... up this slow gentle explosion that makes the machinery of our vital economies go—that draws new matter into the vortex and casts the used-up material out—in short, that creates and keeps up the unstable condition, the seesaw upon which life depends? To enable the mind to grasp it we have to invent or posit some principle, call it the vital force, as so many have done and still do, or call it molecular force, as Tyndall does, or the power of God, as our orthodox brethren do, it matters not. We are on ...

— The Breath of Life • John Burroughs

Words linked to "Seesaw" : move, teetertotter, teeterboard, teeter-totter, dandle board, playground