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waver
An act of wavering, vacillating, etc.
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noun
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
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.”
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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.