[{"word":"waver","phonetic":"/ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/","phonetics":[{"text":"/ˈweɪ.və(ɹ)/","audio":"https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/waver-uk.mp3","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=89012585","license":{"name":"BY-SA 4.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0"}},{"text":"/ˈweɪ.vɚ/","audio":""}],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"An act of wavering, vacillating, etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Someone who waves, enjoys waving, etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"I felt encouraged by all the enthusiastic wavers in the crowd."},{"definition":"Someone who specializes in waving (hair treatment).","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A tool that accomplishes hair waving.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"A sapling left standing in a fallen wood.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To sway back and forth; to totter or reel.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Flowers wavered in the breeze."},{"definition":"To flicker, glimmer, quiver, as a weak light.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To fluctuate or vary, as commodity prices or a poorly sustained musical pitch.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To shake or tremble, as the hands or voice.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"His voice wavered when the reporter brought up the controversial topic."},{"definition":"To falter; become unsteady; begin to fail or give way.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To be indecisive between choices; to feel or show doubt or indecision; to vacillate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Despite all the terrible things that happened to her, she never wavered from her beliefs."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/waver"]}]