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seesaw adjective
seesawed; seesawing; seesaws
: to cause to move in seesaw fashion
Example Sentences
Noun Their relationship was an emotional seesaw. Verb The lead seesawed between the two runners right up to the finish line. as their boat seesawed in the rough water, the rescue team tried to get the passengers off the sinking ship
Recent Examples on the Web
Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2022 Lumber markets didn’t keep rising predictably, though, seeing a seesaw of soaring prices and sudden plummets. Tristan Bove, Fortune, 9 July 2022 This is the same basic idea behind the seesaw at the local playground. Wired, 31 July 2022 The answer is hard, frustratingly so, because the economy looks and acts a lot like a playground seesaw. Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 July 2022 Typically consisting of a wooden or iron chair fastened to a beam from which the victim could be lowered into and raised out of the water, the seesaw-like contraptions were often mounted on wheels. Katie Dancey-downs, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2022 Participants and instructors stood on a giant wooden platform positioned over a fulcrum, attempting to balance the platform like one would a seesaw. Rebekah Frumkin, Outside Online, 1 Mar. 2019 In a seesaw affair, Steele held off a furious comeback from Wagner to win 28-21 and stay unbeaten in District 27-6A on Friday night at Rutledge Stadium. Jim Martinez, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Sep. 2021 Entrepreneurship reminds me of a seesaw—only the ups and downs occur unpredictably. Dr. Eric George, Forbes, 15 June 2022 Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2022 Temperatures can seesaw wildly, the continent has relatively few weather stations and satellite observations only stretch back about 40 years. NBC News, 27 Mar. 2022 GameStop shares went on a tear in January, driven by a social-media frenzy, and single stocks continued to seesaw throughout the year. Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021 World markets continued to seesaw on every piece of medical news, whether worrisome or reassuring. Raf Casert And Andrew Meldrum, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Nov. 2021 Looking north under overcast skies in late August, the lake stretches all the way to the gray-blue horizon line, which appears to seesaw back and forth. Peter Andrey Smith, STAT, 10 Sep. 2021 And there’s also the natural cycles of the market, which may seesaw between too much and too little before settling into some groove resembling equilibrium. Chris Roberts, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021 You might be required to seesaw back and forth between the demands of the family and the needs of your job. Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 26 Apr. 2021 The game continued to seesaw during the first five minutes of the final quarter. oregonlive, 21 Feb. 2021 See More
Noun
The recent drop marks the latest swing of this year's market seesaw. Max Zahn, ABC News, 24 Aug. 2022 Lumber markets didn’t keep rising predictably, though, seeing a seesaw of soaring prices and sudden plummets. Tristan Bove, Fortune, 9 July 2022 This is the same basic idea behind the seesaw at the local playground. Wired, 31 July 2022 The answer is hard, frustratingly so, because the economy looks and acts a lot like a playground seesaw. Laurent Belsie, The Christian Science Monitor, 25 July 2022 Typically consisting of a wooden or iron chair fastened to a beam from which the victim could be lowered into and raised out of the water, the seesaw-like contraptions were often mounted on wheels. Katie Dancey-downs, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 July 2022 Participants and instructors stood on a giant wooden platform positioned over a fulcrum, attempting to balance the platform like one would a seesaw. Rebekah Frumkin, Outside Online, 1 Mar. 2019 In a seesaw affair, Steele held off a furious comeback from Wagner to win 28-21 and stay unbeaten in District 27-6A on Friday night at Rutledge Stadium. Jim Martinez, San Antonio Express-News, 25 Sep. 2021 Entrepreneurship reminds me of a seesaw—only the ups and downs occur unpredictably. Dr. Eric George, Forbes, 15 June 2022 Verb
Tilting his thick, hefty tail backward to seesaw the front half of his body up, the dinosaur slowly steps and scrapes and rubs against the rough trunks, the friction sending momentary relief over the pebble-like scales covering his body. Riley Black, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 Apr. 2022 Temperatures can seesaw wildly, the continent has relatively few weather stations and satellite observations only stretch back about 40 years. NBC News, 27 Mar. 2022 GameStop shares went on a tear in January, driven by a social-media frenzy, and single stocks continued to seesaw throughout the year. Gunjan Banerji, WSJ, 30 Dec. 2021 World markets continued to seesaw on every piece of medical news, whether worrisome or reassuring. Raf Casert And Andrew Meldrum, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Nov. 2021 Looking north under overcast skies in late August, the lake stretches all the way to the gray-blue horizon line, which appears to seesaw back and forth. Peter Andrey Smith, STAT, 10 Sep. 2021 And there’s also the natural cycles of the market, which may seesaw between too much and too little before settling into some groove resembling equilibrium. Chris Roberts, Forbes, 31 Aug. 2021 You might be required to seesaw back and forth between the demands of the family and the needs of your job. Tribune Content Agency, oregonlive, 26 Apr. 2021 The game continued to seesaw during the first five minutes of the final quarter. oregonlive, 21 Feb. 2021 See More Word History
First Known Use
Noun
1704, in the meaning defined at sense 1
Verb
1709, in the meaning defined at intransitive sense 1a
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