'Waver' definitions:
Definition of 'waver'
(from WordNet)
noun
Someone who communicates by waving
noun
The act of pausing uncertainly; "there was a hesitation in his speech" [syn: hesitation, waver, falter, faltering]
noun
verb
Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness; "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures" [syn: hesitate, waver, waffle]
verb
Be unsure or weak; "Their enthusiasm is faltering" [syn: falter, waver]
verb
Move hesitatingly, as if about to give way [syn: falter, waver]
verb
Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern; "the line on the monitor vacillated" [syn: fluctuate, vacillate, waver]
verb
Move back and forth very rapidly; "the candle flickered" [syn: flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiver]
verb
Sway to and fro [syn: waver, weave]
verb
Give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency [syn: quaver, waver]
Definition of 'Waver'
From: GCIDE
- Waver \Wa"ver\, n. [From Wave, or Waver, v.] A sapling left standing in a fallen wood. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Waver'
From: GCIDE
- Waver \Wa"ver\, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Wavered; p. pr. & vb. n. Wavering.] [OE. waveren, from AS. w[ae]fre wavering, restless. See Wave, v. i.] [1913 Webster]
- 1. To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter. [1913 Webster]
- With banners and pennons wavering with the wind. --Ld. Berners. [1913 Webster]
- Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment. [1913 Webster]
- Let us hold fast . . . without wavering. --Heb. x. 23. [1913 Webster]
- In feeble hearts, propense enough before To waver, or fall off and join with idols. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To reel; totter; vacillate. See Fluctuate. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'waver'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- alternate,
- back and fill,
- beat,
- beating,
- bicker,
- blench,
- bob,
- bobble,
- boggle,
- careen,
- change,
- coggle,
- dance,
- dangle,
- demur,
- dither,
- ebb and flow,
- equivocate,
- falter,
- fight shy of,
- flap,
- flick,
- flicker,
- flinch,
- flip,
- flit,
- flitter,
- flop,
- flounder,
- fluctuate,
- flutter,
- go pitapat,
- go through phases,
- gutter,
- halt,
- hang back,
- hang off,
- have qualms,
- hem and haw,
- hesitate,
- hold off,
- librate,
- lurch,
- make bones about,
- nutate,
- oscillate,
- palpitate,
- palpitation,
- palter,
- pause,
- pendulate,
- pitapat,
- pitch,
- pitter-patter,
- play,
- pull back,
- pulse,
- quail,
- quiver,
- recoil,
- reel,
- resonate,
- ring the changes,
- rock,
- roll,
- scruple,
- seesaw,
- shake,
- shift,
- shilly-shally,
- shrink,
- shuffle,
- shy,
- shy at,
- slat,
- splutter,
- sputter,
- stagger,
- stick at,
- stickle,
- strain,
- swag,
- sway,
- swing,
- swinging,
- teeter,
- teeter-totter,
- tergiversate,
- throb,
- toss,
- totter,
- trim,
- turn,
- vacillate,
- vary,
- vibrate,
- wag,
- waggle,
- wave,
- wax and wane,
- whiffle,
- wince,
- wobble
Words containing 'Waver'
- Wavered,
- Waverer,
- Wavering,
- Waveringly,
- Waverly,
- New Waverly,
- South Waverly,
- Waverly City,
- Waverly Hall,
- Waverly, AL,
- Waverly, FL,
- Waverly, IA,
- Waverly, IL,
- Waverly, KS,
- Waverly, KY,
- Waverly, MI,
- Waverly, MN,
- Waverly, MO,
- Waverly, NE,
- Waverly, NY,
- Waverly, TN,
- Waverly, VA,
- Waverly, WA,
- new waver,
- New Waverly, TX,
- South Waverly, PA,
- Waverly City, OH,
- Waverly Hall, GA,
- flag-waver