seesaw

• Ein Spielgerät auf dem Kinderspielplatz, das aus einem langen Brett besteht, das auf einem zentralen Stützpunkt balanciert, sodass Kinder an den Enden abwechselnd auf- und absteigen können.

A playground apparatus consisting of a long plank balanced on a central pivot, allowing children at either end to move up and down alternately.

1. Playground equipmentA2formal

   A long plank balanced on a central pivot, allowing children to sit at each end and move up and down alternately.

   Wippe

   • The children laughed as they played on the seesaw in the park.
   • She pushed off the ground to lift her friend on the seesaw.
   • The old wooden seesaw creaked with every movement.

   Synonymeteeter-totterteeterboard

2. Alternating movement or changeB2informal

   A situation characterized by repeated changes from one state to another, like an up-and-down motion.

   Auf und Ab

   • The stock market has been on a seesaw all week, rising and falling unpredictably.
   • Their relationship was a seesaw of arguments and reconciliations.
   • The game was a seesaw of momentum, with both teams taking turns leading.

   Synonymealternationback and forthfluctuationfluxoscillationswingto and frovacillationvariationwavering

• Verb, das eine Auf- und Ab- oder Vor- und Zurückbewegung bezeichnet oder das Wechseln zwischen zwei Zuständen oder Positionen.

A verb used to indicate moving up and down or back and forth, or alternating between two states or positions.

1. Ride on a plankA2informal

   To play on a seesaw, moving up and down alternately with another person.

   Auf der Wippe schaukeln

   • The children seesawed in the park for hours.
   • They were happily seesawing back and forth.
   • She loves to seesaw with her younger brother.

   Synonymeteeter-totter

2. Move up and downB1informal

   To move alternately up and down, resembling the motion of a seesaw.

   Sich auf und ab bewegen

   • The boat seesawed on the rough waves.
   • His emotions seesawed between joy and despair.
   • The stock market seesawed throughout the day.

   Synonymebobfluctuateoscillaterockswayswingteetertotter

3. Move unsteadilyB1informal

   To move with a rocking or unsteady motion, as if about to fall.

   Schwanken

   • The toddler seesawed as he took his first steps.
   • The old chair seesawed on its uneven legs.
   • He seesawed on the edge of the cliff, trying to keep his balance.

   Synonymelurchrockswayteetertotterwobble