seesaw
noun
a recreation in which two children alternately ride up and down while seated at opposite ends of a plank balanced at the middle.
seesawing
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present participleof seesaw.present participle
A verb form that is used in progressive verb constructions and may also function as a modifier or a gerund.
Example Sentences
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The yearly rate of inflation has shown a similar seesawing pattern.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 22, 2026
A deleted tweet by the energy secretary sent oil markets seesawing.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 11, 2026
England came out on top of a seesawing contest at the Melbourne Cricket Ground played on a grassy bowler-friendly deck that made batting treacherous and was all over inside two days.
From Barron's ● Dec. 27, 2025
These last few weeks have seen yet more changeable weather with temperatures seesawing from freezing to balmy in a matter of days.
From BBC ● Dec. 26, 2024
Ambassador Rahel, unable to cope with seesawing changes in her life, had raveled herself like a sausage into the dirty airport curtain, and wouldn’t unravel.
From "The God of Small Things" by Arundhati Roy
