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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After months of seesawing growth and contraction, the US job market posted strong gains in the last three months -- but Thursday's data revised some of those numbers down.
From Barron's ● Jul. 2, 2026
A bit of seesawing is likely in the short term.
From MarketWatch ● Mar. 2, 2026
In the seesawing tedium of daily traffic, slow and fast, the e-motor silently and seamlessly supports the big V8 in those few hundred milliseconds it takes to spool up.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 18, 2025
They have looked on the tempests of war, economic turmoil, civil unrest and seesawing politics and remained, as Shakespeare said, an ever-fixed mark, adapting to atmospheric shifts but essentially unchanged.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 2, 2025
The Toad was seesawing his head back and forth with his hands as he continued to scream.
From "The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin)" by James Dashner
