All fishtail synonyms

verb fishtail

• vacillate — to waver in mind or opinion; be indecisive or irresolute: His tendency to vacillate makes him a poor leader.
• wobble — to incline to one side and to the other alternately, as a wheel, top, or other rotating body when not properly balanced.
• lurch — Archaic. the act of lurking or state of watchfulness.
• seesaw — a recreation in which two children alternately ride up and down while seated at opposite ends of a plank balanced at the middle.
• waver — to sway to and fro; flutter: Foliage wavers in the breeze.
• teeter — to move unsteadily.
• fluctuate — to change continually; shift back and forth; vary irregularly: The price of gold fluctuated wildly last month.
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• flicker — to burn unsteadily; shine with a wavering light: The candle flickered in the wind and went out.
• vary — to change or alter, as in form, appearance, character, or substance: to vary one's methods.
• pitch — to smear or cover with pitch.
• ripple — (of a liquid surface) to form small waves or undulations, as water agitated by a breeze.
• pivot — a pin, point, or short shaft on the end of which something rests and turns, or upon and about which something rotates or oscillates.
• whirl — to turn around, spin, or rotate rapidly: The merry-go-round whirled noisily.
• wag — to move from side to side, forward and backward, or up and down, especially rapidly and repeatedly: a dog wagging its tail.
• dangle — If something dangles from somewhere or if you dangle it somewhere, it hangs or swings loosely.
• undulate — to move with a sinuous or wavelike motion; display a smooth rising-and-falling or side-to-side alternation of movement: The flag undulates in the breeze.
• stagger — to walk, move, or stand unsteadily.
• vibrate — to move rhythmically and steadily to and fro, as a pendulum; oscillate.
• waggle — to wobble or shake, especially while in motion: The ball waggled slowly to a stop. The leaves of the tree waggled in the wind.
• sway — to move or swing to and fro, as something fixed at one end or resting on a support.
• roll — to move along a surface by revolving or turning over and over, as a ball or a wheel.
• totter — to walk or go with faltering steps, as if from extreme weakness.
• swivel — a fastening device that allows the thing fastened to turn around freely upon it, especially to turn in a full circle.
• waltz — a ballroom dance, in moderately fast triple meter, in which the dancers revolve in perpetual circles, taking one step to each beat.
• rock — rock the boat, Informal. to disrupt the smooth functioning or routine of something: Don't rock the boat by demanding special treatment from management.
• wave — a member of the Waves.
• wiggle — to move or go with short, quick, irregular movements from side to side: The puppies wiggled with delight.
• reel — a lively Scottish dance.
• palpitate — to pulsate with unusual rapidity from exertion, emotion, disease, etc.; flutter: His heart palpitated wildly.
• waddle — to walk with short steps, swaying or rocking from side to side, as a duck.
• switch — a slender, flexible shoot, rod, etc., used especially in whipping or disciplining.
• swing — to play (music) in the style of swing.
• thrash — to beat soundly in punishment; flog.
• teeter-totter — a seesaw.
• librate — to oscillate or move from side to side or between two points.
• quiver — a case for holding or carrying arrows.
• nod — to make a slight, quick downward bending forward of the head, as in assent, greeting, or command.
• shake — to move or sway with short, quick, irregular vibratory movements.
• beat — If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.
• shimmy — an American ragtime dance marked by shaking of the hips and shoulders.
• lash — an ocean-going vessel equipped with special cranes and holds for lifting and stowing cargo-carrying barges that can be sailed up inland waterways or into port facilities from offshore.
• bob — If something bobs, it moves up and down, like something does when it is floating on water.
• twitch — to tug or pull at with a quick, short movement; pluck: She twitched him by the sleeve.
• stir — to move one's hand or an implement continuously or repeatedly through (a liquid or other substance) in order to cool, mix, agitate, dissolve, etc., any or all of the component parts: to stir one's coffee with a spoon.
• flutter — to wave, flap, or toss about: Banners fluttered in the breeze.
• oscillate — to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.
• fish-tail — to swerve or skid from side to side, as the rear end of a car.