seesaw

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Synonyms: see saw, see-saw, seesa

Antonyms: see saw, see-saw, seesa

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Noun

1. 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]].
2. The [[game]] or [[pastime]] of seesawing.
3. {{lb|en|figurative}} A [[series]] of [[up-and-down]] [[movement]]s.
4. {{lb|en|figurative}} A [[series]] of [[alternating]] [[movement]]s or [[feeling]]s.
5. {{lb|en|medicine|attributively}} An [[abnormal]] [[breathing]] [[pattern]] caused by [[airway]] [[obstruction]], characterized by [[paradoxical]] [[chest]] and [[abdominal]] [[movement]].
6. {{lb|en|chess}} A tactic in which a piece repeatedly gains [[material]], while simultaneously creating an inescapable series of alternating direct and discovered [[check]]s.

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To [[use]] a seesaw.
2. {{lb|en|intransitive|figuratively|by extension}} To [[fluctuate]].
3. {{lb|en|transitive|figuratively}} To [[cause]] to move [[backward]] and [[forward]] in a seesaw [[fashion]].

Adjective

1. {{lb|en|figurative}} [[fluctuating|Fluctuating]].

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