Definitions for waver
ˈweɪ vərwa·ver

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:5.0 / 1 vote

1. wavernoun

   someone who communicates by waving

2. hesitation, waver, falter, falteringnoun

   the act of pausing uncertainly

   "there was a hesitation in his speech"

3. waver, flutter, flickerverb

   the act of moving back and forth

4. hesitate, waver, waffleverb

   pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness

   "Authorities hesitate to quote exact figures"

5. falter, waververb

   be unsure or weak

   "Their enthusiasm is faltering"

6. falter, waververb

   move hesitatingly, as if about to give way

7. fluctuate, vacillate, waververb

   move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern

   "the line on the monitor vacillated"

8. flicker, waver, flitter, flutter, quiververb

   move back and forth very rapidly

   "the candle flickered"

9. waver, weaveverb

   sway to and fro

10. quaver, waververb

    give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. wavernoun

   An act of wavering, vacillating, etc.

2. wavernoun

   Someone who waves, enjoys waving, etc.

3. wavernoun

   Someone who specializes in waving (hair treatment).

4. wavernoun

   A tool that accomplishes hair waving.

5. waververb

   To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.

   Flowers wavered in the breeze.

6. waververb

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

7. waververb

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

8. waververb

   To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.

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

9. waververb

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

10. waververb

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

11. Etymology: From vafra.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. To Waververb

   Etymology: wafian , Saxon.

   1. To play to and fro; to move loosely.

   I took two triangular glasses, and one of them being kept fixt in the same posture, that the Iris it projected on the floor might not waver, I cast on the same floor another Iris, with another prism, moving it to and fro. Boyle.

   The whitening shower descends,
   At first then wavering. James Thomson, Winter.

   2. To be unsettled; to be uncertain, or inconstant; to fluctuate; not to be determined.

   In which amazement, when the miscreant
   Perceived him to waver, weak and frail,
   Whilst trembling horror did his conscience daunt,
   And hellish anguish did his soul assail. Fairy Queen.

   Remember where we are;
   In France, among a fickle, wavering nation. William Shakespeare.

   Thou almost mak’st me waver in my faith,
   To hold opinion with Pythagoras,
   That souls of animals infuse themselves
   Into the trunks of men. William Shakespeare.

   Hold fast the faith without wavering. Heb. x.

   The wav’ring faith of people vain and light. Daniel.

   Faith as absolutely determines our minds, and as perfectly excludes all wavering, as our knowledge itself; and we may as well doubt of our own being, as we can, whether any revelation from God be true. John Locke.

   What if Hospinian should have said, that Luther waver’d in the point of the sacrament? does it follow that he really did so? Francis Atterbury.

   They, who at this distance from the first rise of the gospel, after weighing the several evidences of it, waver in their faith, would have waver’d, though they had seen the first promulgers work wonders. Francis Atterbury.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Waververb

   to play or move to and fro; to move one way and the other; hence, to totter; to reel; to swing; to flutter

2. Waververb

   to be unsettled in opinion; to vacillate; to be undetermined; to fluctuate; as, to water in judgment

3. Waver

   a sapling left standing in a fallen wood

4. Etymology: [From Wave, or Waver, v.]

FreebaseRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Waver

   Waver is a town in the Dutch province of North Holland. It is a part of the municipality of Ouder-Amstel, and lies about 13 km south of Amsterdam.

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. waver

   A body of troops is said to waver when it becomes unsteady if at the halt, or to hesitate and lose its order if on the march, under the fire of the enemy.

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1. Waver

   Waver vs. Waiver -- In this Grammar.com article you will learn the differences between the words Waver and Waiver.

Surnames Frequency by Census RecordsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. WAVER

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Waver is ranked #79598 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Waver surname appeared 239 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Waver.
   
   53.9% or 129 total occurrences were White.
   39.3% or 94 total occurrences were Black.
   5% or 12 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.

Matched Categories

1. • Communicator
   • Move
   • Pause
   • Sound
   • Swing

Anagrams for waver »

1. warve

How to pronounce waver?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of waver in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of waver in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of waver in a Sentence

1. Mark Zandi:

   The consumer drives the economic train, if American households are out spending, the economy will remain intact. We'll avoid a recession. But if American households waver in their spending, it's game over -- we're in a recession.

2. Defense Secretary Ash Carter:

   The operation represents another significant blow to ISIL, and it is a reminder that the United States will never waver in denying safe haven to terrorists who threaten our citizens, and those of our friends and allies.

3. Keiko Fujimori:

   He feels sorry for them, he's trembling, my hand will not waver! I'm going to be firm with criminals!

4. Cordell Gandy:

   He's for the average person, struggling every f --- ing day, the dude doesn't waver. He believes in what he stands for and he sticks to it.

5. Erik Pevernagie:

   When word-mongering and showboating becomes too maddening, everything may blow up in the face and the mirror will not waver to bite back. ( "The day the mirror was talking back" )

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