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Definition of Waver

1. Verb. Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness. "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"

2. Noun. Someone who communicates by waving.

3. Verb. Be unsure or weak. "Their enthusiasm is faltering"

4. Noun. The act of pausing uncertainly. "There was a hesitation in his speech"

5. Verb. Move hesitatingly, as if about to give way.

6. Noun. The act of moving back and forth.

7. Verb. Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern. "The line on the monitor vacillated"

8. Verb. Move back and forth very rapidly. "The streets waver with crowds"; "The candle flickered"

9. Verb. Sway to and fro.

10. Verb. Give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency.

Definition of Waver

1. v. i. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.

2. n. A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.

3. v. i. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.

4. n. A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.

Definition of Waver

1. Verb. (intransitive) To sway back and forth; to totter or reel. ¹

2. Verb. (intransitive) To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light. ¹

3. Verb. (intransitive) To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch. ¹

4. Verb. (intransitive) To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice. ¹

5. Verb. (intransitive) To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way. ¹

6. Verb. (intransitive) To be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate. ¹

7. Noun. An act of wavering, vacillating, etc. ¹

8. Noun. Someone who waves, enjoys waving, etc. ¹

9. Noun. Someone who specializes in waving (hair treatment). ¹

10. Noun. A tool that accomplishes hair waving. ¹

11. Noun. (UK dialect dated) A sapling left standing in a fallen wood. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Waver

1. to move back and forth [v -ED, -ING, -S]

Medical Definition of Waver

1. 1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter. "With banners and pennons wavering with the wind." (Ld. Berners) "Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities." (Sir W. Scott) 2. To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment. "Let us hold fast . . . Without wavering." (Heb. X. 23) "In feeble hearts, propense enough before To waver, or fall off and join with idols." (Milton) Synonym: To reel, totter, vacillate. See Fluctuate. Origin: OE. Waveren, from AS. Waefre wavering, restless. See Wave. A sapling left standing in a fallen wood. Origin: From Wave, or Waver. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Waver

wavelike wavellite wavellites wavemaker wavemakers wavemeter wavemodes wavenumber wavenumbers waveoff

waveoffs wavepacket wavepackets wavepulse wavepulses waver (current term) wavered waverer waverers waverier

waveriest wavering waveringly waveringness waverings waverous wavers wavery waves waveshape

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