nutate

Meaning

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

Synonyms

deflect

doze

droop

drop

nod

ptosis

rock

🪨

sag

slack

preshoot

descensus

Translations

أومأ

γέρνω

Etymology

First attested in 1880; back-formation from nutation (1610s) on the basis of -ate (verb-forming suffix), from Latin nūtātiō (“a nodding”), from nūtō (“to nod”), from Proto-Indo-European *neu-. Compare mutate.