<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used without object) to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze</li><li>to flicker or quiver, as light: A distant beam wavered and then disappeared</li><li>become unsteady; begin to fail or give way: When she heard the news her courage wavered</li><li>to shake or tremble, as the hands or voice: Her voice wavered</li><li>to feel or show doubt, indecision, etc.; vacillate: He wavered in his determination</li><li>(of things) to fluctuate or vary: Prices wavered</li><li>to totter or reel: The earth quaked and the tower wavered</li></ul><p><strong>Noun</strong></p><ul><li>an act of wavering, fluttering, or vacillating</li></ul>