SEESAW


Meaning of SEESAW in English

also see-saw

(~s, ~ing, ~ed)

1.

A ~ is a long board which is balanced on a fixed part in the middle. To play on it, a child sits on each end, and when one end goes up, the other goes down.

There was a sandpit, a ~ and a swing in the playground.

N-COUNT

2.

In a ~ situation, something continually changes from one state to another and back again.

...a ~ price situation.

ADJ: ADJ n

Seesaw is also a noun.

Marriage, however, is an emotional ~.

N-COUNT: usu sing

3.

If someone’s emotions see-saw, or a particular situation see-saws, they continually change from one state to another and back again.

The Tokyo stock market see-sawed up and down.

VERB: V

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