Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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waver | Yes | No | Yes | No |
swing | Yes | No | Yes | No |
waver (noun) | swing (noun) |
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the act of moving back and forth | changing location by moving back and forth |
the act of pausing uncertainly | in baseball; a batter's attempt to hit a pitched ball |
someone who communicates by waving | the act of swinging a golf club at a golf ball and (usually) hitting it |
a square dance figure; a pair of dancers join hands and dance around a point between them | |
a sweeping blow or stroke | |
mechanical device used as a plaything to support someone swinging back and forth | |
a jaunty rhythm in music | |
a style of jazz played by big bands popular in the 1930s; flowing rhythms but less complex than later styles of jazz | |
a state of steady vigorous action that is characteristic of an activity |
waver (verb) | swing (verb) |
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give off unsteady sounds, alternating in amplitude or frequency | alternate dramatically between high and low values |
sway from side to side | hit or aim at with a sweeping arm movement |
move or sway in a rising and falling or wavelike pattern | make a big sweeping gesture or movement |
move back and forth very rapidly | engage freely in promiscuous sex, often with the husband or wife of one's friends |
move hesitatingly, as if about to give way | play with a subtle and intuitively felt sense of rhythm |
pause or hold back in uncertainty or unwillingness | move or walk in a swinging or swaying manner |
be unsure or weak | move in a curve or arc, usually with the intent of hitting |
change direction with a swinging motion; turn | |
be a social swinger; socialize a lot | |
influence decisively | |
hang loosely | |
live in a lively, modern, and relaxed style | |
have a certain musical rhythm |