reciprocating

Meaning

Verb

present participle and gerund of reciprocate

Adj

1. (not-comparable) That moves back and forth or up and down.
2. (not-comparable) That has one or more pistons that move back and forth or up and down.
3. (not-comparable) Whose mechanism relies on a back and forth or up and down motion.
4. (not-comparable) Responding in kind.

reciprocate

1. (transitive) To exchange two things, with both parties giving one thing and taking another thing.
2. (transitive) To give something else in response (where the "thing" may also be abstract, a feeling or action) To make a reciprocal gift.
3. (intransitive) To move backwards and forwards, like a piston.
4. (intransitive) To counter, retort or retaliate.

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Synonyms

retrograde

retrogressive

reciprocal

retributive

alternating

seesaw

mutual

reciprocate

Translations

παλινδρομικός

dankend

schwingend

vergeltend

regressiv

Hin- und Her-

αμοιβαίος

ανταλλακτικός

ανταποδοτικός

παλινδρομική κίνηση

alternatif

aller-retour

va-et-vient

di ritorno

di va-e-vieni

Etymology

See reciprocate § Etymology.