noun
- Someone who communicates by waving.
- The act of pausing uncertainly.
- usage: "there was a hesitation in his speech"
- synonyms: hesitation, falter, faltering
- The act of moving back and forth.
verb
- Pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness.
- usage: "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"
- Be unsure or weak.
- usage: "Their enthusiasm is faltering"
- synonyms: falter
- Move hesitatingly, as if about to give way.
- synonyms: falter
- Move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern.
- usage: "the line on the monitor vacillated"
- Move back and forth very rapidly.
- usage: "the candle flickered"
- Sway to and fro.
- synonyms: weave
- Give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency.
- synonyms: quaver
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