vacillate

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verb

1. move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern
- the line on the monitor vacillated
• Syn:
fluctuate, waver
• Derivationally related forms:
waver (for: waver), wavering (for: waver), vacillation, fluctuation (for: fluctuate)
• Hypernyms:
swing
• Verb Group:
fluctuate
• Verb Frames:
- Something ----s
- Somebody ----s
2. be undecided about something;
waver between conflicting positions or courses of action
- He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement
• Syn:
hover, vibrate, oscillate
• Derivationally related forms:
oscillation (for: oscillate), vacillant, vacillation, vacillator
• Hypernyms:
hesitate, waver, waffle
• Hyponyms:
shillyshally
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  fluctuate, waver, hover, vibrate, oscillate