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wobble

[ wob-uhl ]

verb (used without object)

wobbled, wobbling.
  1. to incline to one side and to the other alternately, as a wheel, top, or other rotating body when not properly balanced.
  2. to move unsteadily from side to side:

    The table wobbled on its uneven legs.

  3. to show unsteadiness; tremble; quaver:

    His voice wobbled.

  4. to vacillate; waver.


verb (used with object)

wobbled, wobbling.
  1. to cause to wobble.

noun

  1. a wobbling movement.

wobble

/ ˈɒə /

verb

  1. intr to move, rock, or sway unsteadily
  2. intr to tremble or shake

    her voice wobbled with emotion

  3. intr to vacillate with indecision
  4. tr to cause to wobble
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. a wobbling movement, motion, or sound
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • ˈɴDz, noun
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ɴDzb noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of wobble1

1650–60; < Low German wabbeln; akin to Old Norse vafla to toddle, Middle High German wabelen to waver, Old English æڱ to speak incoherently
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of wobble1

C17: variant of wabble, from Low German wabbeln; related to Middle High German wabelen to waver
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He ran on to the kerb at Degner One, twice had an oversteer moment at the hairpin, and then a big wobble out of the final chicane.

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Liverpool have had a break since going out of the Champions League and losing the Carabao Cup final, and I don't think we will see them wobble here.

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He still thinks so, even as he wobbles, delays, follows through, then retreats and grants import exemptions in response to the outcry at home.

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England's challenge is to deliver a similar result -and hope France might wobble and the trophy tips unexpectedly their way.

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Fulham won the reverse fixture 3-1, in December, but the Seagulls were having a bit of a wobble at that point and clearly their form is very different now.

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