WOBBLY

rickety, shaky, wobbly, wonky

(adjective) inclined to shake as from weakness or defect; “a rickety table”; “a wobbly chair with shaky legs”; “the ladder felt a little wobbly”; “the bridge still stands though one of the arches is wonky”

Wobbly

(noun) a member of the Industrial Workers of the World

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

wobbly (comparative wobblier, superlative wobbliest)

Unsteady and tending to wobble.

Synonyms

• (not held or fixed securely and likely to fall over): precarious, rickety, shaky, tottering, unsafe, unstable, unsteady

Noun

wobbly (plural wobblies)

(US, labor union) Alternative spelling of Wobbly

(British, slang) A wobbler; a fit of rage.

Synonyms

• (fit of rage): see tantrum

Anagrams

• Bowlby, blow-by, blowby, by-blow, byblow

Etymology

Noun

Wobbly (plural Wobblies)

A member of the Industrial Workers of the World, a militant, radical labor union. [from 20th c.]

Anagrams

• Bowlby, blow-by, blowby, by-blow, byblow

Source: Wiktionary



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