to swing or move to and fro, as a pendulum does.

to vary or vacillate between differing beliefs, opinions, conditions, etc.

He oscillates regularly between elation and despair.

Physics . to have, produce, or generate oscillations.

Mathematics . (of a function, sequence, etc.) to tend to no limit, including infinity

The sequence 1, 1, oscillates.

to cause to move to and fro; vibrate.

verb

remain , stay

verb

be unsteady , dangle , fishtail , flicker , fluctuate , librate , lurch , palpitate , pendulate , pitch , pivot , reel , ripple , rock , roll , seesaw , stagger , sway , swing , switch , swivel , teeter , teeter-totter , thrash , toss , totter , undulate , vacillate , vary , vibrate , waddle , wag , waggle , waltz , wave , waver , whirl , wiggle , wobblenotes:oscillate means to be undecided about something or regularly swing from side to side , while osculate means to kiss or to come together - in mathematics it means to have three or more points coincident with , pulsate , unsteady