wabble
1 Americanverb (used with or without object)
noun
verb
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of wabble
Variant of warble 2
Example Sentences
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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
The rifle trembles slightly, and the sights seem to wabble and move over the target.
From Manual for Noncommissioned Officers and Privates of Cavalry of the Army of the United States 1917 to be also used by Engineer Companies (Mounted) for Cavalry Instruction and Training by Department, U. S. War
The big auto began to wabble from side to side, and those ahead saw one of the Lockwood twins seize the man who had fallen and drag him back into the car.
From The Girls of Central High on Lake Luna or, The Crew That Won by Morrison, Gertrude W.
The reptile gave a wabble, expressive of lazy surprise, and sank slowly back into the slimy water.
From The Red Eric by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
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