seesaw
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- noun
- /ˈsiːsɔː/
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subibaja
- The playground with the red seesaw is at the center of the old pediatrics wing.
And we little people who were at the fulcrum of the seesaw by the way we alter the environment, have changed the world.
- And we little people who were at the fulcrum of the seesaw by the way we alter the environment, have changed the world.
Examples
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There were twenty or so children on the swings, climbing bars, riding seesaws, laughing and shrieking with delight.
Fiction book (1995) -
Children are playing on swings and seesaws in a small public park.
Fiction book (1992) -
As part of her desire for accuracy in all things, Libby photographed everything: kids on seesaws, fallen birds' nests, strangers at parades.
Fiction book (2000) -
The children were laughing as they took turns on the seesaw at the playground.
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I watched my daughter play on the seesaw while her friend pushed her gently.
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The seesaw kept tilting back and forth as the kids played together.
Synonyms
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6.2
A long board balanced in the middle that children ride up and down in a playground
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A long board balanced in the middle that children ride up and down
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A long narrow board balanced in the middle that people ride up and down
A long board balanced in the middle that children ride up and down
A long board balanced in the middle that children sit on and move up and down
A long board balanced in the middle that children ride up and down
How Exciting
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Seesaw comes from a child's repeated sound see-saw that copies a back-and-forth motion, like the sound of sawing. That's why a seesaw is the long board that moves with one end up while the other goes down.