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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