Synonyms:
- Ferris wheel,
- Lissajous figure,
- alternate,
- alternation,
- back and fill,
- back-and-forth,
- battledore and shuttlecock,
- carousel,
- chute-the-chutes,
- chutes,
- come and go,
- coming and going,
- ebb and flow,
- flounder,
- fluctuate,
- flux and reflux,
- flying horses,
- go through phases,
- hitch and hike,
- merry-go-round,
- metronome,
- oscillate,
- oscillator,
- pass and repass,
- pendulate,
- pendulum,
- reciprocate,
- reciprocation,
- rhythmic play,
- ride and tie,
- ring the changes,
- rocker,
- rocking chair,
- rocking stone,
- roller coaster,
- roundabout,
- seesaw,
- seesawing,
- shift,
- shuffle,
- shuttle,
- shuttlecock,
- sine wave,
- stagger,
- sway,
- swing,
- teeter,
- teeter-tottering,
- teeterboard,
- teetering,
- teetery-bender,
- to-and-fro,
- totter,
- tottering,
- turn,
- ups and downs,
- vacillate,
- vary,
- vibrator,
- waver,
- wax and wane,
- whip,
- whirligig,
- wibble-wabble,
- wigwag,
- wobble,
- zigzag