English dictionary
waver
nounPronunciation
/ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/
/ˈweɪ.vɚ/
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- An act of wavering, vacillating, etc.
- Someone who waves, enjoys waving, etc.
- Someone who specializes in waving (hair treatment).
- A tool that accomplishes hair waving.
- A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.
verb
- To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
- 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.
- To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.
- To be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate.
Example sentences
I felt encouraged by all the enthusiastic wavers in the crowd.
Flowers wavered in the breeze.
His voice wavered when the reporter brought up the controversial topic.
Despite all the terrible things that happened to her, she never wavered from her beliefs.