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  1. 1. 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. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. A plank or board adjusted for this play. Source: opted
  3. 3. n. A vibratory or reciprocating motion. Source: opted
  4. 4. n. Same as Crossruff. Source: opted
  5. 5. v. i. To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward. Source: opted
  6. 6. v. t. To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion. Source: opted
  7. 7. a. Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion. Source: opted
  8. 8. n. a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end Source: wordnet
  9. 9. v. ride on a plank Source: wordnet
  10. 10. v. move up and down as if on a seesaw Source: wordnet
  11. 11. v. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion Source: wordnet
  12. 12. 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. To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward. To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion. He seesaws himself to and fro. Ld. Lytton. Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion. Source: webster

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