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see·saw
 seesaw
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- pronunciation:
- si
saw
- parts of speech:
- noun, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun, verb)
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noun |
| definition 1: |
a long board attached to and swiveling freely on a central pivot, so that people sitting on each end can alternately go up and down.
- similar words:
- teeter
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| definition 2: |
any up-and-down or back-and-forth motion.
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| inflections: |
seesaws, seesawing, seesawed |
| definition 1: |
to use a seesaw.
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| definition 2: |
to move or change in a way suggesting the motion of a seesaw.
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| related words: |
fluctuate, hover, rock, shilly-shally, vacillate |
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