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vacillate

/ vacillate /

verb

verb Sense 1

move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern

"the line on the monitor vacillated"

Type of:

swing

Derived:

waver flutter flicker fluctuation wavering

Verb group:

fluctuate

Usage Patterns:

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verb Sense 2

be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action

"He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement"

Type of:

hesitate waver waffle

Kinds of:

shillyshally

Derived:

oscillation hesitation vacillation wavering waverer

Usage Patterns:

Somebody ----s something

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