seesaw
Speech parts
1. seesaw - Noun
2. seesaw - Adjective
3. seesaw - Verb
Meaning
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.
Same as Crossruff.
To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.
To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.
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The only sea I saw Was the seesaw sea With you riding on it. Lie down, lie easy. Let me shipwreck in your thighs.
Nature is more like a seesaw than a crystal, a never-ending conga line of bold moves and corrections.
And after a seesaw battle on Monday night, it was Brees and a defensive stand that propelled the Saints to a 30-27 overtime victory on Monday night.
In the years since, Sprint has shed 10,000 employees, watched its stock seesaw, and gained a reputation for hopelessly spotty service.
It is theorized that they are either very heavy (on the order of GUT scale —see Seesaw mechanism ), do not participate in weak interaction (so-called sterile neutrinos ), or both.
The interpersonal seesaw of favor-asking can affect how others perceive us and may inspire us to be more agreeable.