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waver

English

  1. 🔊 the act of moving back and forth
  2. 🔊 someone who communicates by waving
  3. 🔊 the act of pausing uncertainly
    “there was a hesitation in his speech”
  4. 🔊 sway from side to side
  5. 🔊 give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
  6. 🔊 move back and forth very rapidly
    “the candle flickered”
  7. 🔊 move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
  8. 🔊 pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
    “Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures”
  9. 🔊 be unsure or weak
    “Their enthusiasm is faltering”
  10. 🔊 move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
    “the line on the monitor vacillated”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 fluctuar to waver

Similar words

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