seesaw

n.

1. A long plank balanced on a central fulcrum so that with a person riding on each end, one end goes up as the other goes down. Also called regionally dandle, dandle board, Also called teedle board, teeter, Also called teeterboard, teeter-totter, Also called tilt, tilting board. See Regional Note at teeter-totter.
2. The act or game of riding a seesaw.
3. A back-and-forth or up-and-down movement, as of the lead between two contesting parties.

intr.v., -sawed, -saw·ing, -saws.

1. To play on a seesaw.
2. To move back and forth or up and down.

[Reduplication of SAW¹.]

verb

To lean suddenly, unsteadily, and erratically from the vertical axis: lurch, pitch, roll, yaw. See move/halt, straight/bent.

IN BRIEF: n. - A plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum v. - Move unsteadily, with a rocking motion; Move up and down.

It's fun to ride a seesaw.

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Dansk (Danish)
n. - vippe, vippen
v. intr. - vippe

Nederlands (Dutch)
wip

Français (French)
n. - (lit) tape-cul, (fig) va-et-vient
v. intr. - (lit) faire du tape-cul, (fig) osciller

Deutsch (German)
n. - Wippen, Wippe, (ständiges) Auf und Ab
v. - wippen, schwanken

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - τραμπάλα, πηγαινέλα
v. - κάνω τραμπάλα, αμφιταλαντεύομαι

Italiano (Italian)
altalena

Português (Portuguese)
n. - gangorra (f), oscilação (f)
v. - oscilar

Русский (Russian)
детские качели, качание на доске, возвратно-поступа- тельное движение, борьба с переменным успехом, двигаться вверх и вниз, взад и вперед, колебаться, качаться на доске, вверх и вниз, взад и вперед, неустойчиво

Español (Spanish)
n. - balancín, subibaja
v. intr. - columpiarse, balancearse, oscilar, vacilar, fluctuar

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - gungbräde, gungning, pendling, kast
v. - gunga gungbräde, gunga upp och ned, svänga fram och tillbaka, pendla, vackla

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
跷跷板, 上下动, 玩跷跷板, 上下摇动

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
n. - 蹺蹺板, 上下動
v. intr. - 玩蹺蹺板, 上下搖動

한국어 (Korean)
n. - 시소, 일진 일퇴, 쫓고 쫓기는 접전
v. intr. - 시소 놀이를 하다, 아래위로 움직이다, (정책 따위가) 동요하다

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - シーソー, シーソー板
v. - シーソーに乗る, 変動する, 上下に動かす, 動揺させる, 上下に動く

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألنواسه ( لعبه من لعب ألاطفال) (فعل) يتأرجح‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮נדנדה, נדנדת-קרש, התנדנדות, תנועת התקדמות ונסיגה‬
v. intr. - ‮התנדנד, ניטלטל‬

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