seesaw
Meaning of seesaw
noun
a long plank balanced in the middle on a fixed support, on each end of which children sit and swing up and down by pushing the ground alternately with their feet.
verb- change rapidly and repeatedly from one position, situation, or condition to another and back again.
the market see-sawed as rumours spread of an imminent cabinet reshuffle
mid 17th century (originally used by sawyers as a rhythmical refrain): reduplication of the verb saw1 (symbolic of the sawing motion).
Information about seesaw
- The plural form of seesaw is: seesaws.
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Hyphenation of seesaw
see-saw
- It consists of 2 syllables and 6 chars.
- seesaw is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
seesaw synonyms
Meaning teeter:
Translation of seesaw
- Italian: altalena
- German: Schaukel
- French: balançoire, tape-cul, tapecul
- Portuguese: balancé, gangorra
- Spanish: balancín, subibaja
Words that rhyme with seesaw
besaw, polesaw, Kenesaw, Kennesaw, foresaw, presaw, resaw
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