waver
pronunciation
How to pronounce waver in British English:
UK [ˈweɪvə(r)]
How to pronounce waver in American English:
US [ˈwevɚ]
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- Noun:
- someone who communicates by waving
- the act of pausing uncertainly
- the act of moving back and forth
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- Verb:
- pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
- be unsure or weak
- move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
- move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- move back and forth very rapidly
- sway to and fro
- give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
Word Origin
- waver (v.)
- late 13c., weyveren, "to show indecision," probably related to Old English wæfre "restless, wavering," from Proto-Germanic *wæbraz (cognates: Middle High German wabern "to waver," Old Norse vafra "to hover about"), a frequentative form from the root of wave (v.). Related: Wavered; wavering.
Example
- 1. The fight continues , and we will never waver .
- 2. As soon as british mps learn that norway has to swallow almost every regulation that comes out of brussels , despite having virtually no power to shape them , they will waver .
- 3. As for the regions , officials waver between severity ( threatening to grab financial control from the worst offenders ) and claims that they can meet their deficit targets without coercion .
- 4. We will not waver in their pursuit .
- 5. As the colonel 's forces advanced and the international community appeared to dither , many libyans who had thrown in their lot with the rebels began to waver .