wabble

¹ American  

[wob-uhl] / ˈwɒb əl /

verb (used with or without object)

wabbled, wabbling

1. wobble.

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wabble ² American  

[wob-uhl] / ˈwɒb əl /

noun

1. the larva of a botfly, Cuterebra emasculator, that infests squirrels and other rodents, rendering the males sterile.

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wabble British  

/ ˈwɒbəl /

verb

1. a variant spelling of wobble

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Other Word Forms

Derived Forms

• wabbler
  noun
• wabblingly
  adverb
• wabbly
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of wabble

Variant of warble ²

Example Sentences

To cure the tendency of rockets to wabble in flight, Dr. Goddard has worked out a small gyroscope that keeps his missiles in line by switching the tail vanes when necessary.

From Time Magazine Archive

Observers watched the craft, towed by an automobile, scrape across the ground, rise, wabble, dive, crash.

From Time Magazine Archive

All this while they were busy dressing, and Nick made the narrow speed boat wabble fearfully with his movements as he drew on his oilskins.

From Motor Boat Boys Mississippi Cruise or, The Dash for Dixie by Arundel, Louis

Thereupon, in an unlooked-for instant before their livid faces, this ghastly misshapen thing struggled to its naked feet and lurched past them toward the altar, with the faltering wabble of a foundered ox.

From The Red Debt Echoes from Kentucky by MacDonald, Everett

"Don't wabble your head about so horribly!" exclaimed the boy, uneasily.

From Tales of the Caravan, Inn, and Palace by Hauff, Wilhelm