waver
An act of moving back and forth, swinging, or wavingAn act of moving back and forth, swinging, or waving; a flutter, a tremble.
Meaning
9 sensesAn act of moving back and forth, swinging, or waving; a flutter, a tremble.
the act of moving back and forth
(figuratively)A state of beginning to weaken or showing signs of weakening in resolve; a falter.
(figuratively)A state of feeling or showing doubt or indecision; a vacillation.
One who waves their arms, or causes something to swing or wave.
I felt encouraged by all the enthusiastic wavers in the crowd.
The Fourth of July brings out all the flag wavers.
A person who specializes in treating hair to make it wavy.
A tool used to make hair wavy.
(historical)In full waver roller: a roller which places ink on the inking table of a printing press with a back and forth, waving motion.
(dated, dialectal)A sapling or other young tree left standing when other trees around it have been felled.
(obsolete)Synonym of waverer (“one who feels or shows doubt or indecision; a vacillator”).
Examples
30 sentencesTom is wavering.
Том вагається. — deniko
deTom zögert. — christian42
Tom's faith in Mary never wavered.
Tom's faith in Mary has never wavered.
My faith in Tom has never wavered.
My faith in you has never wavered.
ruМоя вера в тебя никогда не ослабевала. — marafon
Origin
The verb is derived from Middle English waveren (“to move back and forth, swing; to move uThe verb is derived from Middle English waveren (“to move back and forth, swing; to move unsteadily, totter; to shake, tremble; to wander; (figurative) to be changeable or unstable; to deviate”), and then possibly:
From wave (verb) + -er (suffix forming agent nouns).
Origin uncertain, possibly from waive (“(obsolete) to disregard, overlook”). According to the Oxford English Dictionary the early forms waiver, wayver, weaver indicate that the word is probably not derived from wave (verb).
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