transitive verb.
To brandish; to move to and fro; to swing.
transitive verb.
To mark or measure by moving to and fro.
transitive verb.
To affect with vibratory motion; to set in vibration.
intransitive verb.
To move to and fro, or from side to side, as a pendulum, an elastic rod, or a stretched string, when disturbed from its position of rest; to swing; to oscillate.
intransitive verb.
To have the constituent particles move to and fro, with alternate compression and dilation of parts, as the air, or any elastic body; to quiver.
intransitive verb.
To produce an oscillating or quivering effect of sound.
intransitive verb.
To pass from one state to another; to waver; to fluctuate.