Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to seesaw
Participle: seesawed
Gerund: seesawing
Cognates
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Indicative
Present
| I | seesaw |
| you | seesaw |
| he;she;it | seesaws |
| we | seesaw |
| you | seesaw |
| they | seesaw |
Perfect
| I | have seesawed |
| you | have seesawed |
| he;she;it | has seesawed |
| we | have seesawed |
| you | have seesawed |
| they | have seesawed |
Past
| I | seesawed |
| you | seesawed |
| he;she;it | seesawed |
| we | seesawed |
| you | seesawed |
| they | seesawed |
Pluperfect
| I | had seesawed |
| you | had seesawed |
| he;she;it | had seesawed |
| we | had seesawed |
| you | had seesawed |
| they | had seesawed |
Future
| I | will seesaw |
| you | will seesaw |
| he;she;it | will seesaw |
| we | will seesaw |
| you | will seesaw |
| they | will seesaw |
Future Perfect
| I | will have seesawed |
| you | will have seesawed |
| he;she;it | will have seesawed |
| we | will have seesawed |
| you | will have seesawed |
| they | will have seesawed |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | seesaw |
| you | seesaw |
| he;she;it | seesaw |
| we | seesaw |
| you | seesaw |
| they | seesaw |
Perfect
| I | have seesawed |
| you | have seesawed |
| he;she;it | have seesawed |
| we | have seesawed |
| you | have seesawed |
| they | have seesawed |
Imperfect
| I | seesawed |
| you | seesawed |
| he;she;it | seesawed |
| we | seesawed |
| you | seesawed |
| they | seesawed |
Pluperfect
| I | had seesawed |
| you | had seesawed |
| he;she;it | had seesawed |
| we | had seesawed |
| you | had seesawed |
| they | had seesawed |
Conditional
Present
| I | would seesaw |
| you | would seesaw |
| he;she;it | would seesaw |
| we | would seesaw |
| you | would seesaw |
| they | would seesaw |
Perfect
| I | would have seesawed |
| you | would have seesawed |
| he;she;it | would have seesawed |
| we | would have seesawed |
| you | would have seesawed |
| they | would have seesawed |
Imperative
| you | seesaw |
| we | Let's seesaw |
| you | seesaw |
Verbs conjugated like 'seesaw'
abandon,
abduct,
abear,
aberr,
abject,
abord,
abort,
abound,
abraid,
abray,
abrook,
abscind,
abscond,
absist,
absorb,
abstain,
abstract,
accend,
accent,
accept, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'seesaw'
see-saw,
heehaw,
meemaw,
resaw,
yeehaw,
beclaw,
bedaw,
beeswax,
begnaw,
besay,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
Probably a frequentative imitative of rhythmic back-and-forth, up-and-down or zigzagging motion, such as teeter-totter, zigzag, flip-flop, ping pong, etc., under the umbrella term of reduplication; also likely influenced by the verbs see and saw of either present or past tense.
Sample Sentences
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When I think of your kisses / My mind see-saws [1971, “All I Want”, in Blue, performed by Joni Mitchell:]
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He see-saws himself to and fro. [1832, Edward Bulwer-Lytton, Eugene Aram:]