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Shift about

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vacillateverb(intransitive) To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.
wobblenounAn unsteady motion.
fluctuateverb(intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
oscillateverb(intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.
hovernounAn act, or the state, of remaining stationary in the air or some other place.
shilly-shallyverb(informal) Indecisive; wavering.
swingnounThe act, or an instance, of swinging.
blow hot and coldverb(intransitive, idiomatic) To behave inconsistently; to vacillate or to waver, as between extremes of opinion or emotion.
wavernoun(figurative) A state of feeling or showing doubt or indecision; a vacillation.
whifflenounA short blow or gust.
balancenoun(uncountable) A state in which opposing forces harmonise; equilibrium.
wavenounA moving disturbance in the level of a body of liquid; an undulation.
yo-yonounA toy consisting of a spheroidal or cylindrical spindle having a circular groove in which string is wound; it is used by holding the string in the fingers and reeling the spindle up and down by movements of the wrist.
shiftnounA movement to do something, a beginning.
vagitateverbTo wail, mewl (as an infant).
change upverb(transitive, informal) To vary.
fluxuateverbMisspelling of fluctuate. [(intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.]
swithernoun(chiefly Scotland, Northern England) A state of indecision or confusion; a panicked state; a flap, fluster, or dither.
alternateHappening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
waiveverb(transitive, law) To relinquish (a right etc.); to give up claim to; to forgo.

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