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колебаться — meaning in English

kolebatsya

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English meaning

  • dither verb To quiver, shudder, or shake.
  • fluctuate verb To rise and fall irregularly in number, amount or level.
  • hesitate verb To pause before doing or deciding something because of doubt or reluctance.
  • hover verb To remain suspended in one place in the air.
  • judder noun A sudden, shaky trembling movement.
  • oscillate verb To move repeatedly from side to side, often in a steady pattern.
  • seesaw noun A playground plank balanced in the middle so that a person on one end goes up as the person on the other goes down.
  • stagger verb To walk unsteadily, as if about to fall.
  • teeter verb To rock unsteadily from side to side on a narrow point.
  • vacillate verb To move or rock unevenly from one side to another.
  • wobble verb To move unsteadily from side to side, rocking rather than moving smoothly.

Senses

колебаться is used for these senses in English:

  • dither (figurative) To be uncertain or unable to make a decision; to vacillate, hesitate, or delay.
  • fluctuate (intransitive) To vary irregularly; to swing.
  • 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.
  • hover To be indecisive or uncertain; to vacillate, to waver.
  • judder (intransitive) To spasm or shake violently.
  • oscillate (intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.
  • seesaw (intransitive, by extension) To fluctuate.

dither — full definition

  1. verb To quiver, shudder, or shake.
  2. verb To keep changing your mind or put off deciding something.
  3. verb To act in a nervous, fidgety way.
  4. verb (computing) To add small random variation to digital data or an image, to smooth out visible steps in colour or sound.

fluctuate — full definition

  1. verb To rise and fall irregularly in number, amount or level.
  2. verb To change repeatedly between different moods, opinions or states.
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