waver

To move freely back and forth or up and down in the air, as branches in the wind.

To make a signal with an up-and-down or back-and-forth movement of the hand or an object held in the hand: waved as she drove by.

To have an undulating or wavy form; curve or curl: Her hair waves naturally.

To cause to move back and forth or up and down, either once or repeatedly: She waved a fan before her face.

1. To move or swing as in giving a signal: He waved his hand. See Synonyms at flourish.

2. To signal or express by waving the hand or an object held in the hand: We waved goodbye.

3. To signal (a person) to move in a specified direction: The police officer waved the motorist into the right lane.

To arrange into curves, curls, or undulations: wave one's hair.

1. A ridge or swell moving through or along the surface of a large body of water.

2. A small ridge or swell moving across the interface of two fluids and dependent on surface tension.

3. A moving curve or succession of curves in or on a surface; an undulation: waves of wheat in the wind.

4. A curve or succession of curves, as in the hair.

5. A curved shape, outline, or pattern.

6. A surge or rush, as of sensation: a wave of nausea; a wave of indignation.

7. A sudden great rise, as in activity or intensity: a wave of panic selling on the stock market.

8. A rising trend that involves large numbers of individuals: a wave of conservatism.

9. One of a succession of mass movements: the first wave of settlers.

10. A maneuver in which fans at a sports event simulate an ocean wave by rising quickly in sequence with arms upraised and then quickly sitting down again in a continuous rolling motion.

11. A disturbance traveling through a medium by which energy is transferred from one particle of the medium to another without causing any permanent displacement of the medium itself.

12. A graphic representation of the variation of such a disturbance with time.

13. A single cycle of such a disturbance.

The sea. Often used in the plural: vanished beneath the waves.

Something that suggests the form and motion of a wave in the sea, especially:

1. A moving curve or succession of curves in or on a surface; an undulation: waves of wheat in the wind.

2. A curve or succession of curves, as in the hair.

3. A curved shape, outline, or pattern.

4. A surge or rush, as of sensation: a wave of nausea; a wave of indignation.

5. A sudden great rise, as in activity or intensity: a wave of panic selling on the stock market.

6. A rising trend that involves large numbers of individuals: a wave of conservatism.

7. One of a succession of mass movements: the first wave of settlers.

8. A maneuver in which fans at a sports event simulate an ocean wave by rising quickly in sequence with arms upraised and then quickly sitting down again in a continuous rolling motion.

9. A disturbance traveling through a medium by which energy is transferred from one particle of the medium to another without causing any permanent displacement of the medium itself.

10. A graphic representation of the variation of such a disturbance with time.

11. A single cycle of such a disturbance.

A movement up and down or back and forth: a wave of the hand.

1. A surge or rush, as of sensation: a wave of nausea; a wave of indignation.

2. A sudden great rise, as in activity or intensity: a wave of panic selling on the stock market.

3. A rising trend that involves large numbers of individuals: a wave of conservatism.

4. One of a succession of mass movements: the first wave of settlers.

5. A maneuver in which fans at a sports event simulate an ocean wave by rising quickly in sequence with arms upraised and then quickly sitting down again in a continuous rolling motion.

6. A disturbance traveling through a medium by which energy is transferred from one particle of the medium to another without causing any permanent displacement of the medium itself.

7. A graphic representation of the variation of such a disturbance with time.

8. A single cycle of such a disturbance.

A widespread, persistent meteorological condition, especially of temperature: a heat wave.

Physics

1. A disturbance traveling through a medium by which energy is transferred from one particle of the medium to another without causing any permanent displacement of the medium itself.

2. A graphic representation of the variation of such a disturbance with time.

3. A single cycle of such a disturbance.

To dismiss or refuse by waving the hand or arm: waved off his invitation to join the group.

Sports To cancel or nullify by waving the arms, usually from a crossed position: waved off the goal because time had run out.