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| boggle |
to waver in indecision; hesitate. [1/4 definitions] |
| dance |
to waver or skip lightly so as to suggest dancing. [1/9 definitions] |
| falter |
to waver in confidence or purpose. [1/4 definitions] |
| halt2 |
to be uncertain or indecisive; waver. [1/3 definitions] |
| hem2 |
to falter or waver in speaking. [1/4 definitions] |
| knuckle ball |
in baseball, a slow pitch thrown with the knuckles or tips of two or three fingers pressed against the ball, causing it to waver and jump; knuckler. |
| oscillate |
to waver between different or opposed opinions, conditions, or courses of action; vacillate. [1/4 definitions] |
| reel2 |
to waver or be thrown back. [1/6 definitions] |
| shake |
to weaken or cause to waver. [1/16 definitions] |
| shilly-shally |
to be indecisive; waver; vacillate; hesitate. |
| shimmer |
to seem to waver or vibrate, as because of the distortion of heat waves. [1/3 definitions] |
| sway |
to hesitate in a decision or opinion; waver. [1/11 definitions] |
| topple |
to waver or totter and fall down; tumble. [1/4 definitions] |
| tremulous |
trembling or wavering, or inclined to tremble or waver. [1/3 definitions] |
| vacillate |
to hesitate or waver in giving an opinion or making a decision; be indecisive. [1/2 definitions] |
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