колебаться — meaning in English

English meaning

• dither verb To tremble, shake, or shiver.
• 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 spasmodic shaking.
• oscillate verb To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.
• 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 tilt back and forth on an edge.
• vacillate verb To sway unsteadily from one side to the other; oscillate.
• 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 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:

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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