WABBLE

Etymology

Verb

wabble (third-person singular simple present wabbles, present participle wabbling, simple past and past participle wabbled)

wobble, move to and fro

Anagrams

• bawble

Source: Wiktionary


Wab"ble, v. i. Etym: [Cf. Prov. G. wabbeln to wabble, and E. whap. Cf. Quaver.]

Definition: To move staggeringly or unsteadily from one side to the other; to vacillate; to move the manner of a rotating disk when the axis of rotation is inclined to that of the disk; -- said of a turning or whirling body; as, a top wabbles; a buzz saw wabbles. wobble.

Wab"ble, n.

Definition: A hobbling, unequal motion, as of a wheel unevenly hung; a staggering to and fro.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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