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.
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2.
In a ~ situation, something continually changes from one state to another and back again.
...a ~ price situation.
ADJ: ADJ n
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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