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seesaw

/ˈsiˌsɔ/
noun
  1. A long plank balanced in the middle, used by children to play by sitting at opposite ends and moving up and down.
    • The children laughed as they went up and down on the seesaw at the park.
    • She pushed off the ground to lift her friend on the other end of the seesaw.
    • The old wooden seesaw creaked with every movement.
  2. A situation or process that alternates between two states or positions, like moving up and down or back and forth.
    • Their relationship was a seesaw of arguments and reconciliations.
    • The stock market has been on a seesaw this week, rising and falling sharply.
    • The game was a seesaw of lead changes until the final minute.
Synonyms
teeter-totter
verb
  1. To move up and down or back and forth repeatedly, like a seesaw.
    • The prices of vegetables seesaw depending on the season.
    • Her emotions seesawed between hope and despair.
    • The boat seesawed gently on the waves.
Synonyms
alternateoscillate
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