What do you do on a see-saw?

[pne]

What's the verb in English for what you do on a see-saw?

"Rock"? "See-saw"? "Swing"? "Go back and forth"?

(In German, the noun is "Wippe" and the verb, transparently enough, is "wippen".)

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[fledchen.livejournal.com]

See-saw is the only one I've heard, though I expect it's different in different dialects.

[pne.livejournal.com]

So you might say "They were see-sawing on the playground all morning" or "Tom see-sawed until it got too dark to see anything any more"?

[fledchen.livejournal.com]

Yes, but one might also say "They were playing on the see-saw at the playground all morning" or "Tom played on the see-saw until it got dark."

At least where I'm from, one generally speaks of a particular piece of equipment being at the playground rather than on it. We'll also use the construction "it got dark" rather than specifically stating that it got too dark to see.