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waver
('w/eI/v/@/r )

noun (n)

  • someone who communicates by waving(noun.person)
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of pausing uncertainly(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    falter, faltering, hesitation
    source: wordnet30
  • the act of moving back and forth(noun.act)
    Synonym:
    flicker, flutter
    source: wordnet30
  • A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.(noun)
    source: webster1913

verb (v)

  • pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness(verb.stative)
    Synonym:
    hesitate, waffle
    source: wordnet30
  • be unsure or weak(verb.stative)
    Synonym:
    falter
    source: wordnet30
  • move hesitatingly, as if about to give way(verb.motion)
    source: wordnet30
  • move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    fluctuate, vacillate
    source: wordnet30
  • move back and forth very rapidly(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    flicker, flitter, flutter, quiver
    source: wordnet30
  • sway to and fro(verb.motion)
    Synonym:
    weave
    source: wordnet30
  • give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency(verb.communication)
    Synonym:
    quaver
    source: wordnet30
  • To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.(verb)
    source: webster1913
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