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1 seesaw
['si:so:] 1. noun(a long flat piece of wood, metal etc, balanced on a central support so that one end of it goes up as the other goes down: The boy fell off the seesaw in the park.) die Wippe2. verb(to move up and down like a seesaw: The boat seesawed on the crest of the wave.) wippen* * *['siːsɔː]1. nWippe f; (fig, back and forth) Hin und Her nt; (up and down) Auf und Ab nt2. adjschaukelnd3. viwippen; (fig, emotional states) auf und ab gehen; prices, public opinion schwanken* * *seesaw [ˈsiːsɔː]A s1. Wippen n, Schaukeln n2. Wippe f, Wippschaukel f4. Zwickmühle f (beidseitiges Trumpfen beim Whist)B adj schaukelnd, wippend:seesaw motion Schaukelbewegung f;C v/i1. wippen, schaukeln2. sich hin und her oder auf und ab bewegenseesawing prices schwankende PreiseD v/t schaukeln* * *n.Schaukelbrett n. v.wippen v.
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