váhat — meaning in English

English meaning

• dally verb To waste time or delay unnecessarily.
• dither verb To tremble, shake, or shiver.
• falter verb To lose strength, confidence, or momentum; to hesitate or waver.
• hesitate verb To pause before doing or deciding something because of doubt or reluctance.
• stagger verb To walk unsteadily, as if about to fall.
• teeter verb To tilt back and forth on an edge.
• vacillate verb To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate.
• waver verb To hesitate or show signs of doubt, especially about a decision or resolve.
• wobble verb To move unsteadily from side to side, rocking rather than moving smoothly.

Senses

váhat is used for these senses in English:

• dally To delay unnecessarily; to while away.
• dither (figurative) To be uncertain or unable to make a decision; to vacillate, hesitate, or delay.
• falter (ambitransitive) To stammer; to utter with hesitation, or in a weak and trembling manner.
• hem and haw (idiomatic, US) To discuss, deliberate, or contemplate rather than taking action or making up one's mind.
• hesitate (intransitive) To stop or pause respecting decision or action; to be in suspense or uncertainty as to a determination.
• stagger (transitive) To cause to doubt and waver; to make to hesitate; to make less steady or confident; to shock.
• teeter (figuratively) To be indecisive; to hesitate.
• vacillate (intransitive) To swing indecisively from one course of action or opinion to another.

dally — full definition

1. verb To waste time or delay unnecessarily.
2. verb To flirt or engage in a casual romance.

dither — full definition

1. verb To tremble, shake, or shiver.
2. verb To be uncertain or unable to make a decision; to vacillate, hesitate, or delay.
3. verb To do something nervously.
4. verb To apply an algorithm to digital data to minimize the effects of quantization:

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