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wa•ver
Pronunciation: (wā'vur), [key] — v.i.
- to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
- to flicker or quiver, as light: A distant beam wavered and then disappeared.
- become unsteady; begin to fail or give way: When she heard the news her courage wavered.
- to shake or tremble, as the hands or voice: Her voice wavered.
- to feel or show doubt, indecision, etc.; vacillate: He wavered in his determination.
- (of things) to fluctuate or vary: Prices wavered.
- to totter or reel: The earth quaked and the tower wavered.
—n. - an act of wavering, fluttering, or vacillating.
wav•er
Pronunciation: (wā'vur), [key] — n.
- a person who waves or causes something to wave: Election time brings out the wavers of flags and haranguers of mobs.
- a person who specializes in waving hair.
- something, as a curling iron, used for waving hair.
Random House Unabridged Dictionary, Copyright © 1997, by Random House, Inc., on Infoplease.