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English Dictionary: seesaw	by the DICT Development Group
7 results for seesaw
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seesaw n a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end Synonym(s): seesaw, teeter, teeter-totter, teetertotter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board v ride on a plank [syn: teeter-totter, teetertotter, seesaw] move up and down as if on a seesaw move unsteadily, with a rocking motion Synonym(s): teeter, seesaw, totter
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seesaw \See"saw`\, n. [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 been arguing in a circle; there is thus a seesaw between the hypothesis and fact. --Sir W. Hamilton. 4. (Whist.) Same as {Crossruff}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seesaw \See"saw`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Seesawad}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Seesawing}.] To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seesaw \See"saw`\, v. t. To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion. He seesaws himself to and fro. --Ld. Lytton.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Seesaw \See"saw`\, a. Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Crossruff \Cross"ruff`\ (-r?f`), n. (Whist) The play in whist where partners trump each a different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; -- called also {seesaw}.
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (15Feb98) [foldoc]:
SEESAW An early system on the {IBM 701}. [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)]. (1994-12-15)