Waver

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  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To move unsteadily back and forth: synonym: swing.
  • intransitive verb. To move in a certain direction with a swaying or unsteady motion.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To exhibit irresolution or indecision; vacillate.
  • intransitive verb. To become unsteady or unsure; falter.
  • intransitive verb. To become diverted.
  • intransitive verb. To change or fluctuate.
  • intransitive verb. undefined
  • intransitive verb. To tremble or quaver in sound, as of the voice or a musical note.
  • intransitive verb. To flicker or glimmer.
  • noun. The action of wavering.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • noun. One who or that which waves; specifically, in printing, an inking-roller; an apparatus which distributes ink on the table or on other rollers, but not on the form of types: so called from its vibratory movement.
  • To move up and down or to and fro; wave; float; flutter; be tossed or rocked about; sway.
  • To quiver; flicker; glimmer; glance.
  • To falter; fail; reel; totter.
  • To be undetermined or irresolute; fluctuate; vacillate.
  • Synonyms and Vacillate. See fluctuate.
  • Hesitate, etc. See scruple.
  • To cause to wave or move to and fro; set in waving motion; brandish.
  • To demur or scruple about; hesitate at; shirk.
  • noun. A sapling or timberling left standing in a fallen wood.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • noun. A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.
  • intransitive verb. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.
  • intransitive verb. To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • verb. To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
  • verb. To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.
  • verb. To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.
  • verb. To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.
  • verb. To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.
  • verb. To be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate.
  • noun. An act of wavering, vacillating, etc.
  • noun. Someone who waves, enjoys waving, etc.
  • noun. Someone who specializes in waving (hair treatment).
  • noun. A tool that accomplishes hair waving.
  • noun. A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.
  • noun. A darkwaver; a fan of darkwave music.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • noun. the act of moving back and forth
  • verb. be unsure or weak
  • verb. move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
  • noun. someone who communicates by waving
  • verb. give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
  • verb. pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
  • verb. move back and forth very rapidly
  • verb. sway to and fro
  • noun. the act of pausing uncertainly
  • verb. move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
  • Word Usage
    "Kamuk did not hesitate, nor did his expression waver from seriousness."
    cross-reference
    falter  flicker  totter  waiver  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    Hyponym
    Words that are more specific
    boggle  dwell on  falter  hover  linger  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Laver  aver  baver  braver  caver  
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    Synonym
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    verb-form
    wavered  wavering  wavers