Definition of "waver"

waver

/ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/

verb
third-person singular simple present wavers, present participle wavering, simple past and past participle wavered
1. (intransitive) To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.
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  With banners and pennons wavering with the wind.
  1523–1525, Jean Froissart, John Bourchier, 2nd Baron Berners (translator), Froissart's Chronicles
  Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities.
  1820, Walter Scott, Ivanhoe; a Romance. […], volumes (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Hurst, Robinson, and Co. […]
2. (intransitive) To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.
3. (intransitive) To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.
4. (intransitive) To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.
5. (intransitive) To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.
  Quotations
  ...and that when a man was in the wrong his courage wavered, and his nerves became unsteady, and so he couldn't fight to advantage and was easily overcome.
  1903, Bill Arp, From the Uncivil War to Date
  Although they believe they can overhaul their 2-0 deficit, they cannot afford to be as lethargic as this at Camp Nou, and the time is surely approaching when Manuel Pellegrini's faith in Martín Demichelis wavers.
  2014 March 9, Jacob Steinberg, “Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals”, in The Guardian
6. (intransitive) To be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate.
  Quotations
  Javik: Do not waver. Victory is never won without difficult choices.Shepard: I'll do whatever it takes. I didn't come this far to back down.
  2012, BioWare, Mass Effect 3: From Ashes (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, PC, scene: Earth (Priority: Earth)
noun
plural wavers
1. An act of wavering, vacillating, etc.
2. Someone who waves, enjoys waving, etc.
3. Someone who specializes in waving (hair treatment).
4. A tool that accomplishes hair waving.
5. (UK, dialect, dated) A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.
  Quotations
  50 to 80 Wavers or Saplings, on each acre
  1813, John Farey, General View of the Agriculture and Minerals of Derbyshire

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