seesaw

seesaw is a 6-letter English word with 11 senses as noun, intransitive verb, transitive verb, adjective, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: 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. Face value is 9 in Scrabble and 9 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 9 · Words With Friends 9 · 11 senses

Definitions

1. noun. 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. noun. A plank or board adjusted for this play.
3. noun. A vibratory or reciprocating motion.
4. noun. Same as Crossruff.
5. intransitive verb. To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and forward, or upward and downward.
6. transitive verb. To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
7. adjective. Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion.
8. noun. a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum; the board is ridden up and down by children at either end

   Synonyms: teeter, teeterboard, teetertotter

9. verb. move unsteadily, with a rocking motion

   Synonyms: teeter, totter

10. verb. move up and down as if on a seesaw
11. verb. ride on a plank

    Synonyms: teetertotter

Synonyms

teeter, teeterboard, teetertotter, totter

Common word forms

seesaws, seesawed, seesawing

Words from these letters

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