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seesawing

/ˈsiːsɔːɪŋ/

seesawingnoun

seesawings

Translations

качели

The children enjoyed playing on the seesawing in the park.

Дети с удовольствием играли на качелях в парке.

Definitions

The act or process of moving back and forth or up and down, resembling the motion of a seesaw.

The seesawing of the stock market made investors anxious.

Synonyms

seesawinggerund / present participle

/ˈsiːˌsɔːɪŋ/

/ˈsiˌsɔɪŋ/

Used attributively to describe something that is moving or fluctuating back and forth or up and down.

Definitions

Alternating back and forth or up and down; fluctuating.

The currency experienced seesawing prices throughout the week.

seesawverb

seesawing

Gerund

seesawed

Past Simple

seesawed

Past Participle

seesawing

Gerund

/ˈsiːsɔː/

Translations

качаться

The children like to seesaw in the playground.

Дети любят качаться на детской площадке.

колебаться

The stock prices seesaw throughout the day.

Цены на акции колеблются в течение дня.

Definitions

To move back and forth or up and down in a manner similar to a seesaw.

The stock market seesawed throughout the day, leaving investors uncertain.

To change rapidly and repeatedly from one state or condition to another.

Her emotions seesawed between joy and despair as she awaited the test results.

To cause (someone or something) to move back and forth or up and down in the manner of a seesaw.

The coach seesawed the bar to test its balance before the athletes practiced.

Synonyms

seesawnoun

Definitions

A long, narrow board supported by a central pivot, on which children sit at each end and move up and down by pushing off the ground with their feet.

The children laughed as they played on the seesaw in the park.

A situation characterized by rapid, repeated changes in position or condition.

The stock market has been a seesaw of gains and losses this week.

seesawadjective

Definitions

Characterized by rapid or alternating changes, especially between opposite states or positions.

The match was a seesaw affair, with the lead changing hands several times.