seesawed

Verb

seesaw (third-person singular simple present seesaws, present participle seesawing, simple past and past participle seesawed)

1. (intransitive) To use a seesaw.
   • They sea-saw'd high,
     They sea-saw'd low,
     At length they both did tumble,
     We both are down
     We both must own,
     Let neither of us grumble.1810, Jack and Jill, and old Dame Gill, York: J. Kendrew, page 9
2. (broadly, figuratively, intransitive) To fluctuate.
   • When I think of your kisses / My mind see-saws1971, “All I Want”, in Blue, performed by Joni Mitchell
3. (figuratively, transitive) To cause to move backward and forward in a seesaw fashion.
   • He see-saws himself to and fro.1832, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Eugene Aram

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