seesaw

IPA: sˈisɔ

A structure composed of a plank, balanced in the middle, used as a game in which one person goes up as the other goes down.
A series of up-and-down movements.
A series of alternating movements or feelings.
(medicine, attributively) An abnormal breathing pattern caused by airway obstruction, characterized by paradoxical chest and abdominal movement.

Examples of "seesaw" in Sentences

'A pretty so-called seesaw of checks finishes the game ... '
It's what I call the "seesaw of pain" - somebody's always getting hurt.
It relies on what they term "seesaw" logic gates, which we've diagrammed below.
The year 2009 could be described as a seesaw year for the newly formed English Defence League.
And the polls are about as steady as a seesaw, which is to say that if you pay too close attention, you could get motion sickness.
JEFF KOINANGE, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Anderson I can tell you it's being described as a seesaw battle for Monrovia on this fifth day of heavy fighting.
In what is best described as a seesaw evening, the Crew finished down on the ground, losing the second game of the series to the Mets, 6-5, in 10 innings.
The groups modern research techniques, which aren't based on unreliable computer models used by non-global warming denying scientists, came up with this conclusion: After the end of the last Glacial both Hemispheres became warmer as a result of melting ice sheets, but during the last 9000 years we can identify a persistent "seesaw" pattern.