seesaw – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
seesaw
v.
move back-and-forth, move up-and-down; continued to change back-and-forth from one condition to another
n.
playground apparatus consisting of a long plank balanced at the center so that one end rises as the other end descends (one child sits at each end of the plank); act of moving up-and-down or back-and-forth; circumstance expressed by quick and repeated changes from one condition to another
Seesaw
A seesaw (also known as a teeter-totter or teeterboard) is a long, narrow board supported by a single pivot point, most commonly located at the midpoint between both "ends"; as one end goes up, the other goes down.
SeeSaw (Internet television)
SeeSaw was an
Internet television service, born out of the BBC-led
Project Kangaroo and launched in the UK on 17 February 2010. It was acquired by the
Criterion Media Group in July 2011 but the agreed investment never materialised. The service was shut down on 28 October 2011. At its peak the site was able to attract 2 million users a month.
seesaw
Noun
1. a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
(synonym) teeter-totter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board
(hypernym) plaything, toy
(part-holonym) playground
(derivation) teeter, totter
Verb
1. ride on a plank
(hypernym) play
(derivation) teeter-totter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board
2. move up and down as if on a seesaw
(hypernym) move
(derivation) teeter-totter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board
3. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion
(synonym) teeter, totter
(hypernym) move
(derivation) teeter-totter, teeterboard, tilting board, dandle board
seesaw
n.
houpačka
Seesaw
(v. t.)
To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
(v. i.)
To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.
(n.)
Same as Crossruff.
(n.)
A vibratory or reciprocating motion.
(n.)
A play among children in which they are seated upon the opposite ends of a plank which is balanced in the middle, and move alternately up and down.
(n.)
A plank or board adjusted for this play.
(a.)
Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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