Wippe — meaning in English

English meaning

• rocker noun A rocking chair, or the curved piece underneath it that lets it rock.
• seesaw noun A playground plank balanced in the middle so that a person on one end goes up as the person on the other goes down.

Senses

Wippe is used for these senses in English:

• rocker A curved piece of wood attached to the bottom of a rocking chair or cradle that enables it to rock back and forth.
• seesaw 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.
• teeter-totter (North America, often, childish) A seesaw; a piece of playground equipment consisting of a long board with seats at either end, with a pivot point in the center.

rocker — full definition

1. noun A rocking chair, or the curved piece underneath it that lets it rock.
2. noun A performer or fan of rock music.
3. noun A switch that tilts on a pivot when pressed, used for lights and appliances.

seesaw — full definition

1. noun A playground plank balanced in the middle so that a person on one end goes up as the person on the other goes down.
2. noun A pattern of repeated back-and-forth or up-and-down swings, especially in feelings, opinions, or results.
3. verb To swing repeatedly back and forth between two states or positions.

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