Wiktionary:Word of the day/2025/March 11

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Word of the day
for March 11
waver v
  1. (intransitive)
    1. To swing or wave, especially in the air, wind, etc.; to flutter.
    2. (dated) To move without purpose or a specified destination; to roam, to wander.
    3. (archaic) To sway back and forth, as if about to fall; to reel, to stagger, to totter.
    4. (figurative)
      1. To begin to weaken or show signs of weakening in resolve; to falter, to flinch, to give way.
      2. To feel or show doubt or indecision; to be indecisive between choices; to vacillate.
      3. Of a body part such as an eye or hand, or the voice: to become unsteady; to shake, to tremble.
      4. Of light, shadow, or a partly obscured thing: to flicker, to glimmer, to quiver.
      5. Chiefly of a quality or thing: to change, to fluctuate, to vary.
    5. (obsolete)
      1. Followed by from: to deviate from a course; to stray, to wander.
      2. (figurative) Of the wits: to become confused or unsteady; to reel.
  2. (transitive, obsolete)
    1. To cause (someone or something) to move back and forth.
    2. To cause (someone) to begin to or show signs of weakening in resolve; also (rare), to weaken in resolve due to (something).
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