In the 18th century, the Swedish government made coffee and its paraphernalia (including cups and dishes) illegal for its supposed ties to rebellious sentiment.
WOBBLE
wobble
(noun) an unsteady rocking motion
wobble, coggle
(verb) move unsteadily; “His knees wobbled”; “The old cart wobbled down the street”
shimmy, wobble
(verb) tremble or shake; “His voice wobbled with restrained emotion”
careen, wobble, shift, tilt
(verb) move sideways or in an unsteady way; “The ship careened out of control”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
wobble (plural wobbles)
An unsteady motion.
A tremulous sound.
(music) A low-frequency oscillation sometimes used in dubstep
Synonyms
• (unsteady motion): jiggle, quiver, shake, tremble
• (tremulous sound): quaver, tremble, tremolo, vibrato
Verb
wobble (third-person singular simple present wobbles, present participle wobbling, simple past and past participle wobbled)
(intransitive) To move with an uneven or rocking motion, or unsteadily to and fro.
(intransitive) To tremble or quaver.
(intransitive) To vacillate in one's opinions.
(transitive) To cause to wobble.
Synonyms
• (move with an uneven or rocking motion): judder, shake, shudder, tremble
• (quaver): quaver, quiver, tremble
• (vacillate): falter, vacillate, waffle, waver
• (cause to wobble): jiggle, rock, shake, wiggle
Anagrams
• beblow
Source: Wiktionary
Wob"ble, v. i.
Definition: See Wabble.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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