Dictionary Entry
waver
waver is a 5-letter English word with 13 senses as intransitive verb, verb, and noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter. Face value is 11 in Scrabble and 12 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.
5 letters · Scrabble 11 · Words With Friends 12 · 13 senses
Definitions
- 1intransitive verb
To play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter.
- 2intransitive verb
To be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment.
- 3verb
A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.
- 4noun
the act of moving back and forth
- 5noun
the act of pausing uncertainly
"there was a hesitation in his speech"
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- 6noun
someone who communicates by waving
- 7verb
give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency
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- 8verb
sway to and fro
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- 9verb
move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
"the line on the monitor vacillated"
- 10verb
move back and forth very rapidly
"the candle flickered"
- 11verb
move hesitatingly, as if about to give way
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- 12verb
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness
"Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
- 13verb
be unsure or weak
"Their enthusiasm is faltering"
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