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What's The Definition Of 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}.
\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.
\See"saw`\, v. t. To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion. He seesaws himself to and fro. --Ld. Lytton.
\See"saw`\, a. Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.