Waver - definition, pronunciation, transcription
Amer.
|ˈweɪvər|
Brit.
|ˈweɪvə|
noun
- someone who communicates by waving
- the act of pausing uncertainly (syn: falter, faltering, hesitation)
- the act of moving back and forth (syn: flicker, flutter)
- the act of pausing uncertainly (syn: falter, faltering, hesitation)
- the act of moving back and forth (syn: flicker, flutter)
verb
- pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness (syn: hesitate, waffle)
- be unsure or weak (syn: falter)
- move hesitatingly, as if about to give way (syn: falter)
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern (syn: fluctuate, vacillate)
- move back and forth very rapidly (syn: flicker, flitter, flutter, quiver)
- sway from side to side (syn: weave)
- give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency (syn: quaver)
- be unsure or weak (syn: falter)
- move hesitatingly, as if about to give way (syn: falter)
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern (syn: fluctuate, vacillate)
- move back and forth very rapidly (syn: flicker, flitter, flutter, quiver)
- sway from side to side (syn: weave)
- give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency (syn: quaver)
Extra examples
They never wavered in their support for their leader.
Despite the changes, he did not waver from his plan to retire.
The kite wavered in the wind.
Her voice wavered uncertainly.
The students' attention did not waver.
Harris never wavered in his loyalty.
We were determined not to waver from our goals.
Shareholders who were wavering met the directors.
The party wavered between free trade and protectionism.
The candle flame wavered, throwing shadows on the wall.
Word forms
verb
I/you/we/they: waver
he/she/it: wavers
present participle: wavering
past tense: wavered
past participle: wavered
I/you/we/they: waver
he/she/it: wavers
present participle: wavering
past tense: wavered
past participle: wavered
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