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waver

The correct spelling is waver.

How to pronounce waver

/ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/
noun

IPA: /ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/

Say it like: Wav-er

The correct spelling is waver. An act of wavering, vacillating, etc. For example: "I felt encouraged by all the enthusiastic wavers in the crowd."

Usage Examples

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

Flowers wavered in the breeze.

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

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.An act of wavering, vacillating, etc.
  2. 2.Someone who waves, enjoys waving, etc.
  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.
  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.
  5. 5.To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.

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