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seesaw

see·saw
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [see-saw]
    • /ˈsiˌsɔ/
    • /ˈsiː.sɔː/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [see-saw]
    • /ˈsiˌsɔ/

Definitions of seesaw word

  • noun seesaw a recreation in which two children alternately ride up and down while seated at opposite ends of a plank balanced at the middle. 1
  • noun seesaw a plank or apparatus for this recreation. 1
  • noun seesaw an up-and-down or a back-and-forth movement or procedure. 1
  • noun seesaw Whist. a crossruff. 1
  • adjective seesaw moving up and down, back and forth, or alternately ahead and behind: It was a seesaw game with the lead changing hands many times. 1
  • verb without object seesaw to move in a seesaw manner: The boat seesawed in the heavy sea. 1

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Origin of seesaw

First appearance:

before 1630
One of the 42% oldest English words
1630-40 as part of a jingle accompanying a children's game; gradational compound based on saw1

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Parts of speech for Seesaw

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

seesaw popularity

A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 89% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

seesaw usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for seesaw

verb seesaw

  • alternate — When you alternate two things, you keep using one then the other. When one thing alternates with another, the first regularly occurs after the other.
  • bandied — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
  • bandying — to pass from one to another or back and forth; give and take; trade; exchange: to bandy blows; to bandy words.
  • birch — A birch or a birch tree is a type of tall tree with thin branches.
  • birching — the action of beating someone, esp a naughty schoolchild, with a birch

adv seesaw

  • back and forth — If someone moves back and forth, they repeatedly move in one direction and then in the opposite direction.
  • from pillar to post — an upright shaft or structure, of stone, brick, or other material, relatively slender in proportion to its height, and of any shape in section, used as a building support, or standing alone, as for a monument: Gothic pillars; a pillar to commemorate Columbus.

adj seesaw

  • backward and forward — If someone or something moves backward and forward, they move repeatedly first in one direction and then in the opposite direction.
  • here and there — in this place; in this spot or locality (opposed to there): Put the pen here.

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