Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
Seesaw \See"saw`\, n. [Probably a reduplication of saw, to
express the alternate motion to and fro, as in the act of
sawing.]
1. 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.
2. A plank or board adjusted for this play.
3. A vibratory or reciprocating motion.
He has been arguing in a circle; there is thus a
seesaw between the hypothesis and fact. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
4. (Whist.) Same as {Crossruff}.
Seesaw \See"saw`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Seesawad}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Seesawing}.]
To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and
forward, or upward and downward.
Seesaw \See"saw`\, v. t.
To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
He seesaws himself to and fro. --Ld. Lytton.
Seesaw \See"saw`\, a.
Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating
motion.
Source : WordNet®
seesaw
n : a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the
board is ridden up and down by children at either end
[syn: {teeter-totter}, {teeterboard}, {tilting board}, {dandle
board}]
v 1: ride on a plank
2: move up and down as if on a seesaw
3: move unsteadily, with a rocking motion [syn: {teeter}, {totter}]
Source : Free On-Line Dictionary of Computing
SEESAW
An early system on the {IBM 701}.
[Listed in CACM 2(5):16 (May 1959)].
(1994-12-15)