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waver

/ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/

noun

Meaning

  • An act of wavering, vacillating, etc.

  • Someone who waves, enjoys waving, etc.

    "I felt encouraged by all the enthusiastic wavers in the crowd."

  • Someone who specializes in waving (hair treatment).

  • A tool that accomplishes hair waving.

  • A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.

verb

Meaning

  • To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.

    "Flowers wavered in the breeze."

  • To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.

  • To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.

  • To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.

    "His voice wavered when the reporter brought up the controversial topic."

  • To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.

  • To be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate.

    "Despite all the terrible things that happened to her, she never wavered from her beliefs."