Verb

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(waver)

Verb

(en verb)

To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.

Flowers wavered in the breeze.

* Ld. Berners

With banners and pennons wavering with the wind.

* Sir Walter Scott

Thou wouldst waver on one of these trees as a terror to all evil speakers against dignities.

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

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

To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.

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

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

* 1903 , Bill Arp, From the Uncivil War to Date

...and that when a man was in the wrong his courage wavered , and his nerves became unsteady, and so he couldn't fight to advantage and was easily overcome.

* 2014 , Jacob Steinberg, " Wigan shock Manchester City in FA Cup again to reach semi-finals", The Guardian , 9 March 2014:

Although they believe they can overhaul their 2-0 deficit, they cannot afford to be as lethargic as this at Camp Nou, and the time is surely approaching when Manuel Pellegrini's faith in Martín Demichelis wavers .

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

Verb

(head)

(totter)

Verb

(en verb)

To walk, move or stand unsteadily or falteringly; threatening to fall.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2014-04-21, volume=411, issue=8884, magazine=(The Economist)

, title= Subtle effects , passage=Manganism has been known about since the 19th century, when miners exposed to ores containing manganese, a silvery metal, began to totter , slur their speech and behave like someone inebriated.}}

(archaic) To collect junk or scrap.