WAVER

waver

Noun

  1. An act of wavering, vacillating, etc.
  2. 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.
  3. Someone who specializes in waving (hair treatment).
  4. A tool that accomplishes hair waving.
  5. A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.
  6. A darkwaver; a fan of darkwave music.

Verb

  1. To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
    Flowers wavered in the breeze.
  2. To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.
  3. To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.
  4. To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.
    His voice wavered when the reporter brought up the controversial topic.
  5. To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.
  6. To be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate.


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