nutate

Meaning

1. To rock or sway involuntarily.
2. To wobble; to make a circular rocking motion.

Synonyms

deflect

doze

droop

drop

nod

ptosis

rock

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sag

slack

preshoot

descensus

Etymology

Back-formation from nutation (1610s), from Latin nūtātiō (“nodding”), from nūtō (“I nod”), from Proto-Indo-European *neu-. Compare mutate.