waver

(wā'vər)
intr.v., -vered, -ver·ing, -vers.

1. To move unsteadily back and forth. See synonyms at swing.
2. 1. To exhibit irresolution or indecision; vacillate: wavered over buying a house. See synonyms at hesitate.
   2. To become unsteady or unsure; falter: His resolve began to waver.
3. To tremble or quaver in sound, as of the voice or a musical note.
4. To flicker or glimmer, as light.

n.
The act of wavering.

[Middle English waveren.]

waverer wa'ver·er n.
waveringly wa'ver·ing·ly adv.

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verb

1. To move back and forth or from side to side, as if about to fall: sway, teeter, totter, vacillate, weave, wobble. See repetition.
2. To be irresolute in acting or doing: dither, falter, halt², hesitate, pause, shilly-shally, stagger, vacillate, wobble. See decide/hesitate.
3. To change one's attitudes or policies, for example: swing, vacillate. See change/persist, decide/hesitate.

IN BRIEF: To move back and forth.

Never waver in your resolve to do your very best work.

Tutor's tip: Another word that sounds like waver which means to shift or move back and forth, is waive" which is a paper showing the giving up of a right.

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• Directions - waver: sway in place; move to and fro; wave

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Dansk (Danish)
v. intr. - dirre, skælve, flakke, blafre
n. - vaklen, skælven

Nederlands (Dutch)
weifelen, dubben, trillen

Français (French)
v. intr. - balancer entre, hésiter, vaciller, osciller, défaillir, céder, trembloter, clignoter (une lumière)
n. - hésitation, oscillation

Deutsch (German)
v. - wanken, schwanken, zittern, flackern
n. - Schwanken

Ελληνική (Greek)
v. - ταλαντεύομαι, παραπαίω, τρεκλίζω, αμφιταλαντεύομαι, διστάζω, (για φλόγα κ.λπ.) τρεμοπαίζω, τρεμουλιάζω, χάνω την ισορροπία μου, κλονίζομαι
n. - ταλάντευση, αμφιταλάντευση, τρεμούλιασμα

Italiano (Italian)
tentennare

Português (Portuguese)
v. - oscilar
n. - oscilação (f)

Русский (Russian)
колыхаться, дрогнуть, проявлять нерешительность, щипцы для завивки волос, бигуди, единичное дерево

Español (Spanish)
v. intr. - vacilar, titubear, flaquear, tambalear, oscilar
n. - oscilación, vacilación

Svenska (Swedish)
v. - vackla, svikta, fladdra
n. - vacklande, sviktande, fladdrande

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
摇摆, 摆动, 颤抖, 动摇, 踌躇, 开始退让

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
v. intr. - 搖擺, 擺動, 顫抖
n. - 動搖, 躊躇, 開始退讓

한국어 (Korean)
v. intr. - 흔들리다, 주저하다, 동요가 일어나다
n. - 동요, 주저, 진동

日本語 (Japanese)
v. - 揺れる, 震える, 不安定になる, 動揺する, くじける, 迷う
n. - 振動

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(فعل) يتردد, يتذبذب, يهتز, يتمايل (الاسم) تردد, تذبذب, اهتزاز, تمايل‏

עברית (Hebrew)
v. intr. - ‮התנועע, הבליח, היסס, פיקפק, פסח על שני הסעיפים, התמוטט, התחיל לקרוס, היבהב‬
n. - ‮פקפוק, הבהוב, התמוטטות‬

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