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| wavering | |
| 1. adj. Fluctuating; being in doubt; undetermined; indecisive; uncertain; unsteady. |  |
| 2. n. A state of fluctuation or indecision. | |
| the waverings of politicians, trying to please everybody | |
| waver | |
| 1. v. (intransitive) To sway back and forth; to totter or reel. | |
| Flowers wavered in the breeze. | |
| 2. v. (intransitive) To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light. | |
| 3. v. (intransitive) To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch. | |
| 4. v. (intransitive) To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice. | |
| His voice wavered when the reporter brought up the controversial topic. | |
| 5. v. (intransitive) To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way. | |
| 6. v. (intransitive) To be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate. | |
| Despite all terrible things which eventually happened to her, she never wavered from his beliefs. | |
| 7. n. An act of wavering, vacillating, etc. | |
| 8. n. Someone who waves, enjoys waving, etc. | |
| I felt encouraged by all the enthusiastic wavers in the crowd. | |
| The Fourth of July brings out all the flag wavers. | |
| Johnny is such a little waver; everyone who passes by receives his preferred greeting. | |
| 9. n. Someone who specializes in waving (hair treatment). | |
| 10. n. A tool that accomplishes hair waving. | |
| 11. n. (dialect) A sapling left standing in a fallen wood. | |
