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['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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4 seesaw (V.)
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7 teeter
intransitive verbteeter on the edge or brink of something — schwankend am Rande einer Sache (Gen.) stehen; (fig.) am Rande einer Sache stehen
* * *tee·ter[ˈti:təʳ, AM -t̬ɚ]vi + adv, prep taumeln, schwanken▪ to \teeter around herumschwanken* * *['tiːtə(r)]vi1) (= balance unsteadily) taumeln, schwankento teeter on the brink or edge of sth (lit) — am Rand von etw taumeln; (fig) am Rand von etw sein
2) (US: seesaw) wippen, schaukeln* * *teeter [ˈtiːtə(r)]A v/i1. besonders US schaukeln, wippen2. (sch)wanken:teeter on the edge of disaster (defeat) fig sich am Rande einer Katastrophe (Niederlage) bewegenC s besonders US Wippe f* * *intransitive verbteeter on the edge or brink of something — schwankend am Rande einer Sache (Gen.) stehen; (fig.) am Rande einer Sache stehen
* * *v.wippen v.
См. также в других словарях:
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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Seesaw — See saw , v. t. To cause to move backward and forward in seesaw fashion. [1913 Webster] He seesaws himself to and fro. Ld. Lytton. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
seesaw — [sē′sô΄] n. [redupl. of SAW1: from the action of sawing] 1. a plank balanced on a support at the middle, used by children at play, who ride the ends so that when one goes up, the other comes down 2. the act of riding a plank in this way 3. any up … English World dictionary
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. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Seesaw — See saw , a. Moving up and down, or to and fro; having a reciprocating motion. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
seesaw — index beat (pulsate), oscillate, vacillate Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
seesaw — 1630s, in see saw sacke a downe, words in a rhythmic jingle used by children and repetitive motion workers, probably imitative of the rhythmic back and forth motion of sawyers working a two man saw over wood or stone (see SAW (Cf. saw)).… … Etymology dictionary
Seesaw — A seesaw (also known as a teeter totter) is a long, narrow board suspended in the middle so that, as one end goes up, the other goes down.In a playground setting, the board is balanced in the exact center. A person sits on each end and they take… … Wikipedia
Seesaw (musical) — Infobox Musical name= Seesaw subtitle= caption= Original Recording music= Cy Coleman lyrics= Dorothy Fields book= Michael Bennett basis= William Gibson s play Two for the Seesaw productions= 1973 Broadway awards= Seesaw is a musical with a book… … Wikipedia
seesaw — [[t]si͟ːsɔː[/t]] seesaws, seesawing, seesawed also see saw 1) N COUNT A seesaw is a long board which is balanced on a fixed part in the middle. To play on it, a child sits on each end, and when one end goes up, the other goes down. There was a… … English dictionary
Seesaw (disambiguation) — The article Seesaw refers to the playground equipment, whose behavior is referred to by the names of various other things:* Seesaw (musical), a 1973 Broadway musical * SeeSaw, the proposed name for a new video on demand platform from BBC, ITV and … Wikipedia