oscillation; vibration, libration; motion of a pendulum; nutation;
undulation; pulsation; pulse.
alternation; coming and going &c v.; ebb and flow, flux and
reflux, ups and down.
fluctuation; vacillation &c (irresolution) 605.
wave, vibratiuncle†, swing, beat, shake, wag, seesaw, dance, lurch,
dodge; logan†, loggan†, rocking-stone, vibroscope†.
V. oscillate; vibrate, librate†; alternate, undulate, wave; rock, swing;
pulsate, beat; wag, waggle; nod, bob, courtesy, curtsy; tick; play;
wamble†, wabble†; dangle, swag.
fluctuate, dance, curvet, reel, quake; quiver, quaver; shake,
flicker; wriggle; roll, toss, pitch; flounder, stagger, totter; move up
and down, bob up and down &c adv.; pass and repass, ebb and flow, come
and go; vacillate &c 605; teeter [U.S.].
brandish, shake, flourish.
Adj. oscillating &c v.; oscillatory, undulatory, pulsatory†, libratory,
rectilinear; vibratory, vibratile†; pendulous.
Adv. to and fro, up and down, backwards and forwards, hither and yon,
seesaw, zigzag, wibble-wabble†, in and out, from side to side, like
buckets in a well.