see-saw
noun/ˈsiː sɔː/
/ˈsiː sɔː/
(especially British English) (also seesaw especially in North American English)
- (North American English also teeter-totter)[countable] a piece of equipment for children to play on consisting of a long flat piece of wood that is supported in the middle. A child sits at each end and makes the see-saw move up and down.
- Can we go on the see-saw?
- [singular] a situation in which things keep changing from one state to another and back again
- The match was a see-saw battle between the two teams.
Word Originmid 17th cent. (originally used by sawyers as a rhythmical refrain): reduplication of the verb saw (symbolic of the sawing motion).
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