Seesaw

n.	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.
v. i.	1.	To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward. [imp. & p. p. Seesawad ; p. pr. & vb. n. Seesawing.]
v. t.	1.	To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion. He seesaws himself to and fro. - Ld. Lytton.
a.	1.	Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.

Noun	1.	seesaw - a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end Synonyms: dandle board, teeter-totter, teeterboard, tilting board
Verb	1.	seesaw - ride on a plank
	2.	seesaw - move up and down as if on a seesaw
	3.	seesaw - move unsteadily, with a rocking motion Synonyms: teeter, totter

(language)

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

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