1 (AmE also teeter-totter) [C] a piece of equipment for children to play on consisting of a long flat piece of wood that is supported in the middle. A child sits at each end and makes the see-saw move up and down:
Can we go on the see-saw?
2 [sing.] a situation in which things keep changing from one state to another and back again:
The match was a see-saw battle between the two teams.
verb [V] to keep changing from one situation, opinion, emotion, etc. to another and back again:
Her emotions see-sawed from anger to fear. * Share prices see-sawed all day.
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