wamble

[ wom-buhl, -uhl, wam- ]

verb (used without object)

, wam·bled, wam·bling.

1. to move unsteadily.
2. to feel nausea.
3. (of the stomach) to rumble; growl.

noun

1. an unsteady or rolling movement.
2. a feeling of nausea.

wamble

/ ˈwɒmbəl /

verb

1. to move unsteadily
2. to twist the body
3. to feel nausea

noun

1. an unsteady movement
2. a sensation of nausea

Derived Forms

• ˈwambly, adjective
• ˈwambliness, noun

Other Words From

• wambli·ness noun
• wambly adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of wamble¹

1300–50; Middle English wamle, obscurely akin to Norwegian vamla to stagger

Word History and Origins

Origin of wamble¹

C14 wamelen to feel ill, perhaps of Scandinavian origin; compare Norwegian vamla to stagger

Example Sentences

After the same manner may you make two or three egges by a little practice to wamble one after another.

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When she'd read her letter through, she went into the house agin, looking as peaked and wamble-cropped as a sick lamb.

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Didn't the poor leetle chap look wamble-cropped when he see that.

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I felt just as good as any one, but I was a little wamble-cropped when I thought that I shouldn't know how to behave.

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Here's a fine blade, now, and a musket—give me a harquebus; I could shoot once, but my arm is all of a wamble now.

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