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Look up: seesaw

  1. seesaw
    [n] - a plaything that is ridden up and down by children at either end 2. [v] - ride on a plank 3. [v] - move up and down as if on a seesaw
    Found on http://www.webdictionary.co.uk/definitio

  2. SEESAW
    (language) An early system on the IBM 701. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. (1994-12-15)
    Found on http://foldoc.org/

  3. Seesaw
    See'saw` noun [ Probably a reduplication of saw , to express the alternate motion to and fro, as in the act of sawing.] 1. 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. 2. A plank or board adjusted for this play. 3. A vibratory or reciprocating motion. « He has ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/54

  4. Seesaw
    See'saw` intransitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Seesawad ; present participle & verbal noun Seesawing .] To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/54

  5. Seesaw
    See'saw` transitive verb To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion. « He seesaws himself to and fro.» Ld. Lytton.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/54

  6. Seesaw
    See'saw` adjective Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/S/54

  7. seesaw
    teeter noun a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  8. Seesaw
    A `seesaw` (also known as a `teeter-totter`) is a long, narrow board suspended in the middle so that, as one end goes up, the other goes down. In a playground setting, the board is balanced in the exact center. A person sits on each end and they take turns pushing their feet against the ground to lift their end into the air. Playground seesaws usually have handles for the riders to grip as they sit facing each other. One problem with the seesaw'...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seesaw

  9. Seesaw
    • (n.) A plank or board adjusted for this play. • (n.) Same as Crossruff. • (v. t.) To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion. • (n.) A vibratory or reciprocating motion. • (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 alternatel...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning


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