seesaw.
A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.
Meaning & usage
A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.
The game or pastime of seesawing.
A series of up-and-down movements.
A series of alternating movements or feelings.
An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement.
A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains material, while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered checks.
Where this word comes from
Probably a frequentative imitative of rhythmic back-and-forth, up-and-down or zigzagging motion, such as teeter-totter, zigzag, flip-flop, ping pong, etc., under the umbrella term of reduplication; also likely influenced by the verbs see and saw of either present or past tense.
To use a seesaw.
To fluctuate.
To cause to move backward and forward in a seesaw fashion.
Where this word comes from
Probably a frequentative imitative of rhythmic back-and-forth, up-and-down or zigzagging motion, such as teeter-totter, zigzag, flip-flop, ping pong, etc., under the umbrella term of reduplication; also likely influenced by the verbs see and saw of either present or past tense.
Fluctuating.
Where this word comes from
Probably a frequentative imitative of rhythmic back-and-forth, up-and-down or zigzagging motion, such as teeter-totter, zigzag, flip-flop, ping pong, etc., under the umbrella term of reduplication; also likely influenced by the verbs see and saw of either present or past tense.
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