waver

/ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)//ˈweɪ.vɚ/

noun

  1. 1

    An act of wavering, vacillating, etc.

  2. 2

    Someone who waves, enjoys waving, etc.

    I felt encouraged by all the enthusiastic wavers in the crowd.
  3. 3

    Someone who specializes in waving (hair treatment).

  4. 4

    A tool that accomplishes hair waving.

  5. 5

    A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.

verb

  1. 1

    To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.

    Flowers wavered in the breeze.
  2. 2

    To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.

  3. 3

    To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.

  4. 4

    To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.

    His voice wavered when the reporter brought up the controversial topic.
  5. 5

    To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.

  6. 6

    To be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate.

    Despite all the terrible things that happened to her, she never wavered from her beliefs.

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