wobble
Americanverb (used without object)
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to incline to one side and to the other alternately, as a wheel, top, or other rotating body when not properly balanced.
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to move unsteadily from side to side.
The table wobbled on its uneven legs.
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to show unsteadiness; tremble; quaver.
His voice wobbled.
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to vacillate; waver.
verb (used with object)
noun
verb
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(intr) to move, rock, or sway unsteadily
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(intr) to tremble or shake
her voice wobbled with emotion
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(intr) to vacillate with indecision
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(tr) to cause to wobble
noun
Other Word Forms
- wobbler noun
Etymology
Origin of wobble
1650–60; < Low German wabbeln; akin to Old Norse vafla to toddle, Middle High German wabelen to waver, Old English wæflian to speak incoherently
Example Sentences
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Stocks look set to wobble Tuesday after a strong start to the week.
From MarketWatch
In one spectacular sequence in the Sugar Bowl against Georgia, Chambliss scrambled away from a pass rush and flipped a wobbling backhand pass, basketball-style, down the sideline for a key completion.
Just four sets dropped across the entire tournament, with any perceived blips or wobbles not really worthy of the name.
From BBC
"You still have to be able to play it but you can see when he is holding his wobble seam, see when he is trying to swing it."
From BBC
Despite it all, global trade merchandise volumes, which wobbled at first, are expected to end the year up 2.4%, according to the World Trade Organization.
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