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swavering

swavering is the present participle and gerund of swaver.

Meaning of swaver

Verb

swaver (third-person singular simple present swavers, present participle swavering, simple past and past participle swavered)

  1. To stagger or totter; to walk feebly, as one who is fatigued.
  2. To incline to one side; to swing.
    • "I felt me swaver a little on my feet. Them winders was a-swimming, they took no reflection, they let in no night."2015, Ann Pancake, Me and My Daddy Listen to Bob Marley: Novellas and Stories
  3. (obsolete) To decline away from.

Questions about swavering

What is swavering the present participle and gerund of?
Swavering is the present participle and gerund of swaver.

Words near swavering in the dictionary

  1. Swatzells
  2. Swauger
  3. Swaugers
  4. swaver
  5. swavered
  6. swavering
  7. swavers
  8. Swavesey
  9. swavory
  10. swavoury
  11. sway

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