Associations to the word «Oscillate»

Wiktionary

OSCILLATE, verb. (intransitive) To swing back and forth, especially if with a regular rhythm.
OSCILLATE, verb. (intransitive) To vacillate between conflicting opinions, etc.
OSCILLATE, verb. (intransitive) To vary above and below a mean value.

Dictionary definition

OSCILLATE, verb. Be undecided about something; waver between conflicting positions or courses of action; "He oscillates between accepting the new position and retirement".
OSCILLATE, verb. Move or swing from side to side regularly; "the needle on the meter was oscillating".

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats