[いっしんいったい, isshin'ittai] (n,vs,adj-no) now advancing and now retreating; ebb and flow; seesawing; taking alternately favorable and unfavorable turns [Add to Longdo]
Result from Foreign Dictionaries (6 entries found)
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Seesaw \See"saw`\, n. [Probably a reduplication of saw, to
express the alternate motion to and fro, as in the act of
sawing.]
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.
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2. A plank or board adjusted for this play.
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3. A vibratory or reciprocating motion.
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He has been arguing in a circle; there is thus a
seesaw between the hypothesis and fact. --Sir W.
Hamilton.
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4. (Whist.) Same as {Crossruff}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Seesaw \See"saw`\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Seesawad}; p. pr. & vb.
n. {Seesawing}.]
To move with a reciprocating motion; to move backward and
forward, or upward and downward.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Seesaw \See"saw`\, v. t.
To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion.
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He seesaws himself to and fro. --Ld. Lytton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Seesaw \See"saw`\, a.
Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating
motion.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Crossruff \Cross"ruff`\ (-r?f`), n. (Whist)
The play in bridge or whist where partners trump each a
different suit, and lead to each other for that purpose; --
called also {seesaw}.
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
seesaw
n 1: a plaything consisting of a board balanced on a fulcrum;
the board is ridden up and down by children at either end
[syn: {seesaw}, {teeter}, {teeter-totter}, {teetertotter},
{teeterboard}, {tilting board}, {dandle board}]
v 1: ride on a plank [syn: {teeter-totter}, {teetertotter},
{seesaw}]
2: move up and down as if on a seesaw
3: move unsteadily, with a rocking motion [syn: {teeter},
{seesaw}, {totter}]
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