Seesaw

8 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Seesaw \See"saw`\, a.
     Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating
     motion.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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.
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     2. A plank or board adjusted for this play.
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     3. A vibratory or reciprocating motion.
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              He has been arguing in a circle; there is thus a
              seesaw between the hypothesis and fact. --Sir W.
                                                    Hamilton.
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     4. (Whist.) Same as {Crossruff}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Seesaw \See"saw`\, v. t.
     To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
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           He seesaws himself to and fro.           --Ld. Lytton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Crossruff \Cross"ruff`\ (-r?f`), n. (Whist)
     The play in bridge or whist where partners trump each a
     different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; --
     called also {seesaw}.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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
           [syn: {teeter-totter}, {teeterboard}, {tilting board}, {dandle
           board}]
       v 1: ride on a plank
       2: move up and down as if on a seesaw
       3: move unsteadily, with a rocking motion [syn: {teeter}, {totter}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  114 Moby Thesaurus words for "seesaw":
     Ferris wheel, Lissajous figure, alternate, alternately,
     alternation, back and fill, back and forth, back-and-forth,
     backward and forward, backwards and forwards,
     battledore and shuttlecock, cant, carousel, chute-the-chutes,
     chutes, coaction, come and go, coming and going,
     complementary distribution, concurrence, cooperation, ebb and flow,
     engagement, flounder, fluctuate, flux and reflux, flying horses,
     go through phases, hitch and hike, in and out, incline,
     interaction, interchange, intercommunication, intercourse,
     interlacing, intermeshing, interplay, intertwining, interweaving,
     interworking, lean, list, lurch, merry-go-round, mesh, meshing,
     metronome, mutatis mutandis, off and on, oscillate, oscillator,
     pass and repass, pendulate, pendulum, pitch, quid pro quo,
     reciprocal, reciprocally, reciprocate, reciprocation,
     reciprocative, rhythmic play, ride and tie, ring the changes, rock,
     rocker, rocking chair, rocking stone, roll, roller coaster,
     round and round, roundabout, seesawing, shift, shuffle, shuttle,
     shuttlecock, shuttlewise, sine wave, stagger, swag, sway, swing,
     teeter, teeter-totter, teeter-tottering, teeterboard, teetering,
     teetery-bender, tilt, tilter, tit for tat, to and fro, to-and-fro,
     totter, tottering, turn, up and down, up-and-down, ups and downs,
     vacillate, vary, vibrator, vice versa, waver, wax and wane, whip,
     whirligig, wibble-wabble, wigwag, wobble, yaw, zigzag
  
  

From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:

  SEESAW
       
           An early system on the {IBM 701}.
       
          [Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
       
          (1994-12-15)